The Coffee Shop A New Beginning

<p>It is late September and my sister Tellicia told me one day why I was being whipped</p><p>She said she had heard the foster mother tell her husband I was a demonic child and I needed the devil beat out of me.</p><p>I did not know what a sin was and I told the pastor this and that day when we arrived back at their home I had to go get the belt and hand it to the foster father this time</p><p>He whipped me so hard that I received minor cuts inside the welts.</p><p>It is late October and fifteen years after I got my first job I have saved enough I can abscond the man who said he would never let me go</p><p>When he finds out that I have taken all his money to be able to buy the things I will need and the two hundred and forty-two thousand I stole from him and saved is going to get me killed if I do not go now.</p><p>I want you to know I will not let any harm come to you" Maya said as a small smile came over her face Maya hoped this would put me at more ease.</p><p>I had to wait for two of those to get the right to have a car so that I could come and go as I please" Maya said as I giggled at the fact that my new friend knew about the island's laws.</p><p>"How do you know so much about the island life here?" Maya asked hoping it would break the silence I could feel was coming.</p><p>Please do not get up and thank you for the coffee and ride this far</p><p>This is where I will take my leave of you so please let me live my life in peace" I said as I got to my feet and headed for the door when I remembered that Maya had placed my things in the trunk of her car.</p><p>Maya remembered the day she had left her husband and how she needed a friend how unsafe she felt how he had found her and how he could get into her home and hurt her</p><p>I do not know you yet but in time we will be like sisters" Maya said as she returned to the small table and placed her hand on mine.</p>