I almost blurted out to her that it was also my birthday but I think she doesn't even care at all. I bitterly chuckled. Is she really my mother? Forgetting her own child's birthday. This is not the first time it happened. It is always the same every year. Why do I still wait for her when it's highly unlikely that it will change.
I sighed deeply and decided to walk home instead of coming to Angeline's birthday. But before I even took one step, a black van without plate numbers stopped in front of the university and pulled me inside. There are four men inside. My heart began to beat fast.
"W-Who are you?" I stuttered. They have this black cloth covering their face other than the eyes and nose to let them breath and see. Who are they? "I-I don't have any money with me, please let me go..." I pleaded to make them spare me.
"I don't think that it will work, young miss. You should not go home at this time of night without anyone with you. It's bound to happen," one of the men said. My body trembled. What are they going to do with me?
"I'm not rich, my mother doesn't have anything to give you," I reasoned out. I tried my luck but they just laughed at me.