Saved by the Wrong Number

by Che' Dawn

My life has been one without joy and happiness since I was born. My father wanted a boy so badly that my mother birthing a girl was a failure of epic proportions. He hated her for failing and she took her life. I have since tried to live up to his idea of perfection but I miss the mark every time, no matter how hard I try. For my failures I am whipped harshly and forced to work harder and harder. My life is nothing by punishment and consequences. My little light of hope is when I sneak out at night and go to the lake to soak up the peace and tranquility I can only get there. But one day, even that peace is shattered, as my cell phone rang and made my heart beat rapidly. "He found out I snuck out!" I answered the phone fearing it was my father or Pierce who is his assistant and I apologized for leaving and made my excuses before I realized that it was a wrong number. I never let anyone know the horrors I live with daily but now this stranger knows. Will he hurt me too? Or will he be the one that saves me.

196 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 25, 2023