Continued story of ch (d)
It was 6:30
I was waiting.
For the first bang.
Like the start of the revolution.
6:31
I armed my self and
Prepared for the impact.
As she did the same.
6:32.
It began.
The laughter then
The silence then
The punches, kicks, slaps,
The sound of shattering glass.
Why was it worse today?
I heard her skittering feet
Clawing up the stairs. sprinting.
The beast followed yelling.
Screaming.
unfair words.
She screamed and ran to her room.
I ducked barely peering over the edge. her eyes darting from him to the broken wood plank from her broken wardrobe.
She attempted to duck.
As he pinned her.
By her neck.
A rat being hung.
Just dangling and squirming.
Her pale face began to turn shades of red.
The time was passing and I thought fast.
Not wanting to see her go.
I threw an old torn book at her window.
The beast turned. as I ducked and she escaped. silently. he peered. looking
For me.
My heart beating.
Wanting to rip out of its cage. it calmed as he walked away into his own room.
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It's 11:00 again. As she promised. she leaped into my window.
"Hey" "hey" she whispered.
I turned. the black curtain was pulled back just a little more then yesterday.
Her lips were a rosy pink. small and tiny.
"Thank you"
She said.
"F-or the book"
I smiled and pushed her hair behind each ear.
She stared at my
Red shirt blushing.
"Better?" I asked. she nodded slowly. I turned and fixed my shirt.
I heard a slam and she was gone.
