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ava Shelby was always a child who was not to get involved or be apart of her family basically she couldn't do anything she had to stay home with her aunt Polly and clean cook and be a lady

 she had to listen but that was when she was 12 and she was used to it till she turned 14 and started to get bored and realised this is not normal she should be in school have friends who are boys and girls without her brothers going crazy and beats the boy who ava talks to

when she turned 15 she didn't like it she was like a robot for them she did the cooking on her own and cleaned and was hidden away from everything her family did she was more of a house wife then a family member and she HATED it

 she was in her room when she was writing a letter to her dead mother she knew she could not post it or give it to her mom to read but she does it anyway

she just wanted someone to talk to or let her emotions out as she wrote the last line she cried she felt a tear go down her cheak she wiped it away and finished writing and put the paper in her bottom draw and started to close her eyes

fast forward to her 18th birthday when everyone forgot she woke up and got dressed up and went downstairs 'why are you all dressed up ava you have work to do you need to dust the house' tommy says 'but its my birthday today' i say with a smile but it fades when tommy shrugs 

'you know i can legally leave if i wanted to i can change my name move to a new city and live WITHOUT YOU ALL YOU ALL TREAT ME LIKE YOUR SERVANT HOUSEWIFE I AM YOUR SISTER I DONT EVEN FEEL LIKE A FAMILY MEMBER' i say as my eyes fill with water

finn comes downstairs with paper 'found these in avas room they are to mom' he says and everyone laughs 'why she is dead ava' john says 'i know that john you think i dont fucking know that i write them so i can let out the emotions go on finn read one anyone you want' i say

he begins

dear mom

i thought this family was meant to be there for each other i dont remember you much but i know i would love you and i would talk to you so much about how i feel i have never known to hate a name so much i my life i have promised myself to do what i am told till i am 18 mom they treat me like a fucking servant i dont even know if they see me as a family member tommy is the worse he hit me the other day because i cut the potatoes wrong i have a big red mark on my cheek john saw it but just laugh i know you would of got them to stop i miss you mom anyway when i am 18 i am gone i will be out of small heath i will get to be friends with boys and finally have fun make money and live a normal life anyway it is getting late mom so i am going to bed goodnight i love you

ava

he finished and everyone smile dropped they didnt know how much i hated being called shelby and how out of place i felt 'so i am going to pack' i say as i go to walk upstairs

 'wait ava' polly tries to say but i stop her 'dont you had 18 years but you failed me so i am leaving it will be better for all of us wouldnt it' i say tommy nods and i was shocked

 'wow' i say as i go upstairs and pack everything money close guns and some other thing i take all my letters and i walk back downstairs and just look at evryone and walk out

she gets in new york city and starts her new life she changes her name gets a new passport and falls in love and had a child called James

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