ALICIA

"Don't be bothered baby, I think you must have been trained and well equipped to handle your life. We are not sending you away, that you should always keep at the back of your mind. You see," he paused as a way of placing great emphasis on what he was about to say.

“The only option we had was to sacrifice pleasures and our goals for you, so you could be a great person one day. How many individuals do you see sacrificing their pleasures for someone who is not related to them?"

He turned and directed his gaze towards me, I knew he needed an answer. "No, not...