Youth has left this town. Love has left this town. The endless burden of despair clouding what remained of love, dowsing forever the spark. Love has l...ft this town. Hope has left this town. With the loss of youth and its faith in the future, the loss of the past. Hope has left this town. Life has left this town. without the spark of love, without the vibrance of youth, without hope for the future. Life has left this town. The town has left this town. Skeletons of the past, the homes, the. It is true that I was very happy. But my studies began to suffer. So did those of my sister. Our parents became increasingly angry at our college grades. The dark circles under my eyes caused my father to privately reprimand me for masturbating too much. If he had known the truth, he would have killed me.As the exams were approaching fast, my father made it clear that I had to do well or else I would have to leave college and find a job.I decided to ask my friend and class fellow Kamran to help. Although Glade much preferred the shelter and familiarity of the forest, particularly as the Sun rose higher and higher into the sky, there was much to admire in the savannah. There were many unfamiliar beasts and some of these were much larger than she'd believed an animal could ever be. There were giraffes, elephants and rhinoceroses. There were vast herds of gnu, zebra, antelope and oxen. Scattered amongst the savannah were predators such as lions and leopards of which Glade was already. But at some point, without me noticing, the other man’s hands had shifted and he was holding me tightly back against him, one hand in my hair, one hand on my throat holding my chin high so that my head arched back.‘Good bitch,’ said the man behind me straight into my ear, while I moaned and wondered if I should yell out to stop them. But I loved how they were touching me and holding me and talking to me and talking about me… The voice in my ear continued. ‘Cut that bra off,’ he said, ‘I want.