Josephine had succumb to life’s hurdles more than the average girl did in her home town. Accustomed to settling for bare necessities in life since her younger years; beginning her life as the soul purpose of her mothers determination, to the new home she found at her grandparents after her mothers passing, eventually ending her childhood years with foster parents due to her elders remorsefully being deemed unsuitable to care for her.

Settling down with somebody was understandably difficult given her ever-changing lifestyle & when her hopeful prince charming known as Kurt came to rescue her, he too followed the untrustworthy course she felt all too familiar too. He was violent towards her. She knew, reluctantly however, that she needed to find an escape. In an attempt to escape her dangerous situation she got hit with a blessing in disguise when she was caught pregnant with her blossoming baby girl Lilly. Protective instincts lead her to flee to a native city as far from him as she could - becoming a single parent like mother before her.

Times were rough, the child she was bringing up felt destined to failure in Josephines eyes however she was determined to prevent this adverse outcome at all costs. That’s ultimately why she turned to prostitution. She hated it, but nothing else in her power could financially fulfils her daughter’s life to her beliefs.

Unbeknownst to our harrowing heroins knowledge Kurt was fully aware of her endeavours - along with the child who he was partly responsible for. Consumed with vengeful rage he sought out answers as to where his daughter resided.

The dinner table was set; it was a sanguine Sunday evening on Lillys 4th birthday, the sun beamed in through their homely windows gleaming onto the sumptuous dinner table.

There was a knock at the door.

Josephine approached the front door naively nonchalant, revealing to her dismay that nobody stood there. The door began to close when an envelope was left unchecked atop the fuzzy door mat.

Enclosed was a photo, consuming Josephine with the deepest, sincerest regret. Accompanying was a postcode leading to Lilys favourite local park along with a time stamp, being “2:00AM.”

“Why?” Josephine pleased.

“Why after all this time, can’t you just leave me be?!”

Kurt held his position on the park bench.

“Because she’s my daughter.” Kurt began. “I want full custody.”

Speechless. Countless outcomes crossed her mind; if she said yes then her precious flower would be succumb to the same turmoil she was victim to during her teenage years, however if she declined then his threats to unwillingly take her joy away could quite possibly be, unavoidable.

“Well.” He said. “You wanna do this the easy way or the hard way?”

Josephines life was never easy, it never would be. Despite all her countless uncertainties one thing always remained the same - she found a way to make the best of a bad situation. No matter what hurdle came her way, her fortune wasn’t ever in material wealth however in the ability to maintain the best life she could. Defying all odds, her daughter was untainted by Josephines known chaos. She would find a way.

Josephine pronounced herself with her response.

“The hard way.”

The End.