Barbie of the streets
The heroine of my story is a teenage girl named Sarah. Since the day she opened her eyes to this world, she has been an orphan. But orphanhood is not just about losing your parents—sometimes, your parents are alive, yet you feel orphaned. And that kind of orphanhood is even harder than death, because when your parents die, you can grieve and slowly heal over time. But when they are alive and yet neglect or forget you, the pain is deeper, and the wound is harsher.
Sarah is one of those children orphaned in the life of their own parents. Since she became aware of herself, she has been living with her grandmother—her mother’s mother.
Her mother and father were married traditionally, as a deal between families. They never understood each other, nor felt any attraction. Their life was just constant fights and quarrels — the only thing that held them together was the bed After a year of marriage, they decided to separate to relieve themselves from this endless conflict. And that’s what happened — they both found some peace. But they forgot the fruit of their marriage, Sarah.
Since she was little, Sarah’s mother was running after alimony in courts, while her father was fighting for custody. But this lasted only for the first six months. Later, the father married a woman he had been cheating on his wife with, and built a new life with her. Automatically, custody was given to the mother.
The mother, who hadn’t even completed a year, also remarried because she was overwhelmed by financial hardships and the tough demands of life. Besides, she was still young and beautiful and didn’t want to waste her youth raising a child. This time there was no fight over Sarah, because the stepmother refused to accept her as her stepdaughter, especially since she was giving birth herself and was not barren to raise other people’s children. The father also rejected Sarah.
And so, the responsibility fell on the grandmother. From then on, Sarah has been orphaned in the lives of her own parents..
(I just did the translation. )