"Come, come in. don't be scared. It is okay. You want an ice cream don't you?" Delilah entered the house. There were two bedrooms in the house One of the room doors was closed and the other one was widely opened. The man pulled Delilah into the widely open room, Delilah fell. Then he closed the door and locked it. "Shhhh." He wanted Delilah to keep quiet and not ask any question. As a five year old girl, Delilah just nodded. He lied Delilah down on a smelly mattress and opened his pants. Delilah closed her eyes tightly. Delilah knew that the man was doing something towards her but Delilah didn't know what should she does to escape from this crazy man who sat on top of her. She tried to scream but she was scared. All she can does was pray to God so that the man wouldn't hurt her and she could go home again. After a few minutes, the man got up from her body and zipped his pants. Delilah opened her eyes. "You can go home now little girl. Here, take your coconut milk and this ice cream as free gifts." He smiled. Delilah started to walk slowly without looking back again.
Mom was cooking in the kitchen. Delilah is scared of her mom see her skirt was wet. It was all the man's fault. Delilah put all the stuffs quickly on the table. She thought her mom wouldn't turn around and talked to her. "Delilah? What is wrong with your skirt? Why it is wet?" "I'm sorry mom I peed." Then she ran away into her bedroom and took a shower. She was scared but she can't cry. Her hands and body were shaking and shivering. "Why he do this to me? Why am I so unlucky? Am I born to satisfy men's pleasure?" She starts to cry in the shower. Now she is seventeen years old teenager and had finished her secondary school. She is good in her education. She is dong part time as a personal teacher to a rich boy near her house while waiting to further her study in a university. "Please Mr. Jack, please leave me alone. Don't hurt me." She begs, hoping that Jack wouldn't hurt her. "If you don't want me to hurt you just keep quiet!" Jack always peeks at her while she teaches his son, Peter. Now he gets what he wants. Jack had been craving for Delilah since the first time he saw her. Delilah tried everything. She tried to commit suicide once but she couldn't because she is scared of death. She knows that she can make it. Whatever it is, life must go on. Whether she likes it or not, she has to go with the flow. No one knows and no one cares about her life. She is the only one who can change her own life.
It had been a month, after Jack raped her. This time Delilah can't bear it anymore. She locks herself in her room. "Delilah? You want to share something with me? Please come out darling. Please come out and eat something." Said her mom from outside her room. She doesn't answer at all. She just remains silence. Mom had been worried Until she asks some help from one of their neighbors to break her door room. "Delilah? Please come out before I break this door." Harry, her neighbor. one of her childhood friends and she adores him since they were small. Delilah opens the door slowly then Harry looks at her eyes. It seems like she had been crying for many days; maybe a month. "What is wrong Delilah? Why are you so sad?" Delilah comes out and hugs her mom. "Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I don't know how to explain how I hate my life. I feel like I didn't see you for a long time." They both start to cry and hug each other. Delilah looks pale and skinny. Her room smells like a bloated carcass.
After Delilah told everything to her mom and Harry about the man and Mr. Jack, Delilah and her mom decided to move out from the village and start a new life. Delilah thought her mom would mad at her because didn't told about this since the beginning, but her mom understands that her daughter might be shy or traumatized with all those things that had happened to her. To Delilah, her mom knew that she had been suffering for many years. Delilah had to leave all the memories from the old village behind including her crush, Harry. While Delilah sits on the stairs in front of her new house. Suddenly, she heard someone is calling her name and she turns back. "Delilah? Is that you? I have been searching for you." It is Harry. She gets into her house quickly. "Delilah, it is okay. Don't be shy. I'm here to give you this offer letter. I had printed out for you. We get into the same university." Delilah thanks God. She knows that God loves His servants who are always patient with all his tests. Delilah sits on the stairs again and starts to chat with Harry. Harry is glad now that Delilah becomes closer to him because Harry also adores her since they were small.
