Chapter 6

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(Unedited sorry will edit all soon)
Just like every other day I get up when my alarm clock buzzes, I get ready and make breakfast for everyone. I even make my self some toast and bacon, I know it will be the last meal I have for a while. I also grab some pain medicine and sneak it up into my room. By that time both my brothers are awake and down stairs digging into their breakfast. My Mother strolls in and calls me down to the basement.
"It will be okay," says Tucker.
"It always is," I tell him letting my eyes drop to the floor. Taking a deep breath I walk down the creaky old steeps and greet my Mother. She sands in the corner the single light flickers on and off making the room even creepier.
"When will you learn," she cries out,
"When will you learn, you are not to steal my spot light. I am the queen here, not you what I say goes." She takes a step forward and says "you will learn" then she lungs at me. I don't stop her stopping her only makes it worse. Her foot connects with my chest and ribs until I hear a loud crunch and an explosion of pain hits me causing me to cry out.
"Get up" Mother hisses at me and I obey forcing my self up. She already ready with her favorite toy, the nylon bull whip hanging at her feet. She brings it up and cracks it over my head making me flinch. She brings it down on my hip and I pull my hip back and hiss in pain. She cracks the whip again it tears into my shoulder. Blood trickles down my arm dripping off my fingers, anger swells within me why should I have to take this abuse but deep down I know that if I don't then Josh will have to and I need to protect him for as long as I can. My Mother pushes me over I curl up as she kicks me, she pulls me up by my hair and picks up a hammer that she throws into my stomach. I cough and choke on bike that raises in my mouth. She throws me into the concrete wall and my head smashes back so hard I can feel my brain rattle. Before tossing me on the ground she delivers a few hard punches to my stomach and slaps me across the check careful not to leave a bruise or someone might notice. I know my punishment has only just started, she repeats these actions other and over again, until the door bell rings. My mother quickly cleans my blood off her hands, she drags me to the chains and buckles me in blood pours from my nose. Mother darts up stairs to get the door. I close my eyes letting my head fall, my wrists pop as my legs give out. At this point I don't even feel the pain, I don't know what time it is but I would think its the after noon. Soon she will let me have a break and clean my wounds but then we will go at it again. I may not be in pain now but when tomorrow comes I will be a cripple.
My Mother returns to the basement after talking to whom ever was at the door. After a few more hard punches she lets me fall to the floor and leaves, which tells me I can go. I pick myself up just to crumple back down and I crawl to the stairs where tucker lifts me up and carries me up to my room. He takes my blood soaked clothes off and replaces them when he lifts my arms. I scream as pain shoots though my body.
"drink," he commands and I do. With a new shirt and pants I feel a little better my wounds are dressed but I keep coughing up blood, not a good sign but I have to be strong for round 2 in the basement. If Mother sees any weakness she will use it against me. I take one of the pain meds and hope it is strong enough to work for the amount of pain I'm in.
"Katherine get your ass down here" screams my Mother.
"Stay strong sweetie." says Tucker go ring me a lose hug careful not to hurt me. He gently picks me up and carries me down the stairs he knows better than to go into the basement for no reason so he sets me on the top step, slowly i make my way down the stairs. In only four hours my dad would come home and save me from this awful day.
She takes the whip and let's it tear into my flesh over and over again. Blood begins to soak my clothes and I am on the edge of passing out. She drops the whip and pins me against a wall smashing her elbow into my rib, i double over in pain and let out a strangled cry. Mother drags me by my hair to the chains and cuffs me in. She takes a wooden base ball bat and swings repeatedly until it doesn't even hurt anymore. She proceeds to break three of fingers and dislocate my shoulder. I groan in agony the medicine I took was not doing its job. She just keeps killing me all the will I had is far gone by now I just keep my head hung and focus on not passing out. I take hit after hit but my body is so numb I don't even feel it is only when my Father calls out that he's home I begin to feel again. Mother returns upstairs leaving me with a single lightbulb which she turns off when she reaches the top of stairs. So it's just me in the darkness blood dripping on the floor bones shattered and coughing up blood. I know that the worst of it should be over and so i let my self fall asleep biggest mistake ever.

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