February 22nd 1921
Dear diary...
Sorry i haven't written in a few days, Mother has made me do all sorts of chores while she sits up in her workshop and makes new dolls. She's been acting suspicious lately. i think she may have started to drink again, Yesterday when i was walking home from school i walked past two males and i heard them say "That must be Annie's daughter, i hope she doesn't find out". Find out about what? I had intentions to ask Mother about what the two men meant but i decided against it when i got home from school today, I walked upstairs and from her workshop I could hear the faint sounds of crying. I knocked... "Go away now Jennifer!" she screamed, from behind the door. I hated when she called me by my full name because everyone just called me Jenny or J. My mother told me when I was around nine years old that she hated my name because my Father chose it, she also said i was too ugly to be called Jennifer. She told me that it was a pretty girls name. It hurt. What should i do, diary? I can't physically bring myself to ask her all of my questions that i have because I'm afraid... I'm afraid of the beating i would get. I'm afraid that she would kill me, my own mother. Mother will be back from the store soon and she told me to start dinner, I need to go. I promise that I will write as soon as i can.
Goodnight,
J.
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The forgotten diary of Jenny Barker
Mystery / ThrillerJenny was always told she couldn't do anything, her mother was diagnosed with depression so the doctors told her to take up a hobby. Her mother chose doll making which made her a perfectionist. Jenny's mother, Annie, demanded perfect from her only d...
