Let Me Love You: Prologue

"Violet, I need new school shoes, " wailed nine-year-old Walter Nelson. He looked at his old school shoes, which seriously needed replacement as he had outgrown them. His twin, William, looked at his own shoes too but didn't utter a word to their nineteen-year-old sister Violet. He could see that she was struggling to make ends meet.

Violet sighed as she saw their school shoes. She knew they needed a new pair, but she didn't have any money. A week more to go until she received her pay. There were bills to pay and food to be put on the table. Still, she would buy their shoes first after getting her salary.

"Just give me a week, Walt," she pleaded, and they nodded, disappearing to their room.

Violet Nelson couldn't attend college last year after graduating from high school when her mom died. Her mom, Maria Nelson, had separated from her drunkard husband, Jimmy Nelson, seven years back.

Maria Nelson had brought the children, Violet, and her two brothers with her