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A Voice In The Shadows

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At just 23 , Lina's world has already shattered. After losing her mother who died in her arms after she was raped right in front of her, she watched her father father remarry and bring home a woman with twin daughters- his daughters. Once the center of love and attention, Lina is now treated like a shadow in her own home, reduced to a silent helper in a house that once held her joy. Friends whom she thought were her forever pretended she doesn't exist. they took her home , her joy and freedom left her with nothing but silence behind the shadows of nothing but pure hate. But one thing they could ever take from her - her voice. Hidden behind the tears of slavery , her gift for singing becomes her escape. And when the world finally hears her, everything changes. From silent pain to center stage , Lina rises as the dark phoenix . But will fame heal her heart or uncover more secrets from her past? Will she forgive those who wronged her or seek revenge?
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Chapter 1 - Lina's Misery

"Well, we are horny, and you happen to be available, ha ha ha" uncle says with a devilish laugh, taking off his clothes while my father stroked his manhood backing Lilly against the door."Please sir, please don't do this to me, I beg you" Lilly prayed, but the more she cried, the more aroused they got, it was as if her pleas and tears were a turn on to them."Dad, please let her go, we won't tell anybody about this", I begged, but unfortunately my father and uncle were not ready to let our maid go."Call me Dad one more time, and we'll let her go and f**k you instead", my father said, charging towards me and I froze.He pulled me up and examined my body."Well, your body is just as appetizing as your mother's", my father said, giving me a hard squeeze on my ass and I whined in pain."Oh you dirty girl, you love what daddy is doing to you, huh" he said, licking his lips and kissing me on the forehead, pressing his manhood on my belly."Relax baby, your day will come too" he said, and pulled a rope, fastening it hard on my body."I don't want you escaping or doing anything stupid, watch and take some notes" he said, and left me to get back to Lilly, who had been crying helplessly.I watched with teary eyes as my father and my uncle took turns raping Lilly, our maid. I couldn't move or do anything to save her since I was tied up...I couldn't hear her cry anymore, her eyes were all red and heavy."If you ever say this to anyone, you'll be next", my father warned before leaving with my uncle."I'm sorry Lilly, I'm sorry I couldn't help," I said as fresh tears gushed out of my eyes."It's okay Nina, but you have to save yourself and get out of here before you end up like me," Lilly says with a weak voice.Where will I go? This is my home. "I have nowhere to go," I say."This place is not safe to call home Nina. Ever since your mother died you've been living like a mouse. You're always beaten up. Sometimes you sleep on an empty stomach, you have to get out of here while you still can. I have money saved under my bed. Please take it to start over and when you are successful enough please take care of my family."Those were the last words of dying Lilly ... I watched as she closed her eyes and I couldn't handle the pain in my heart and the pain of the ropes fastened around my body. I fainted..."I'm Lina. I'm 22 years old and a college drop-out. ''My mother was killed last year by a group of thugs that I couldn't recognize except for one of them,who was their leader.I saw his face and the tattoo on his back. My mother was a stripper and a singer. I inherited the singing talent from her, though I couldn't use it. My mother was popular and rich, which made me known as the "daughter of the billionaire", but that changed when my father married a second wife whom he had twins with two years after I was born.He kept them a secret for years because he was afraid that mom would kick her out, but after her death he brought them in and I became a slave. Yeah, I was enslaved in my own home and I had no one to save me. I kept praying every day, hoping for a miracle or a hero out of nowhere to come and save me from this misery, but days turned into weeks and weeks into months and my life was still the same. Maybe things would have been better if I had friends, but they all turned on me when they realized I was not rich anymore, so I won't be living up to their standards. That is when I learned that I had fake friends who only love and support me when it's beneficial. It's just too bad I had to learn that the hard way.I woke up only to find myself soaked in water."She's awake, this murderer" Anna said as I tried to stand up, but the pains couldn't allow me and I fell back on the ground."Mommy, what do we do with this Lilly slut? "Do we have to give it a proper burial or take it to its family?" Annabella asks and they all laugh."Well, if we take it there they'll question us a lot about its death. I think it's best we bury it and invite its family," Dad says, and they all agree."So those animals will be living with us Mom, there's no way I can survive a day with them. "They are smelling like sh*t," Bella says, holding her nose."No, we will send them a letter today as if it was written weeks back, telling them that tomorrow is their daughter's burial. "She died in an accident, and we had been expecting them," my stepmother says."That's why I love you sweetheart, you're so smart," Dad says, kissing her."Awwnnn" both Bella and Anna say, holding their chests." I need to get myself a wife "my uncle said, and they laughed.All I did was watch because I don't have to argue or say anything when the "family" talks and I only have to leave when I'm told to."Dad, *THEVOICE* is holding a talent show tonight, and you know how I always dreamed of being a singer. Can we go?" Bella says, making puppy eyes."Whatever you want princess," Dad says, and they all cheer."Can she come too?" Anna asked, and I felt excited, hoping that I'd finally get a chance to shine my light."Why, do you want her to become a stripper like her mother?" Dad asked annoyingly."" No Daddy, she is going as our maid. Of course, there's no way she's participating looking like that unless she wants to embarrass herself.""Okay, if you say that sweetheart, she can go. "She'll have to carry the bags so that you don't meet the JALD with occupied hands if you know what I mean," Stepmom says, winking at them and they smile..The JALD are the most popular singers in the city. Their names are Jeremy, Andrew, Lucas and Dave.*THEVOICE* is the biggest entertainment company owned by JALD. The famous stars formed it to bring young talented singers and introduce them to the world and to also feed the people with the best music sporadically. My mother always dreamt of making me a star at this company, but she died before it could happen.