“She Promised Never To Bathe The Child She Found In The Forest… But The Day That Promise Was Broken, A Terrifying Truth Was Unleashed”

Abseed frowned.

“That is a lie,” she replied immediately.

Lolad shook her head.

“Tonight, come with me. We will hide. I will show you.”

That night, Abseed followed Lolad quietly. They hid near the house. They waited.

After some time, Aduke carried a bucket of water again. She looked around carefully. Then she walked toward the deep bush.

Abseed followed quietly with Lolad.

And there, in the darkness, she saw it with her own eyes.

Her mother bathed.

Abseed felt something break inside her.

Anger.
Pain.
Betrayal.

She felt her mother had been punishing her for nothing. She felt her mother had allowed the villagers to mock her for years for no reason.

Tears filled her eyes.

All the years of shame.
All the years of suffering.

The following day, Abseed made a decision.

She carried a sponge. She carried soap. She walked deep into the forest where nobody could see her.

Her heart was beating fast.

“If my mother can bathe and nothing happens,” she thought, “then nothing will happen to me.”

She fetched water from a small stream in the forest. Her hands were shaking.

Then slowly, she poured the water over her body.

She began to bathe.

The moment the water touched her skin, the sky changed.

The wind began to blow violently. The forest became dark. A loud strange sound echoed through the trees.