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Chapter 1 - Samantha

Light.

The first thing I can sense after the painful night is the beautiful sunlight that is coming through my rainbow coloured window.

There are little birds chirping out there happily. I can even hear people laughing as I lay here on my bed in pain. I am tired.

I tried to get up but the pain is forcing me to lay back. He is not like this often, it's just when he misses mom and then sees me who is an exact replica of her.

He was loving, but I guess tougher times changes people , drastically in some cases.

Wriggling slightly in my spot for some time I get up and limp towards the sink in our tiny bathroom.

We, me and my dad stay in a small rented house after my dad lost his job due to his drunken adventures. He is drunk more than he is sober.

I manage to stay awake from the blinding pain and start getting ready for my part time job at Lisa's.

Lisa is the most loving person I have ever met, she is suspicious of my bruises but I always somehow brush it off.

The silence in the house tells me that dad is out again and may or may not come today after the way he treated me yesterday.

I know he doesn't want to beat me or hurt me, I can see it in his eyes though he never admits but he can't stop in those tough moments. Mum was very beautiful she was kind to even a stranger and always brightened the room she was in.

It's okay I guess.

I cover all the visible bruises with my concealer and get ready for work. We have a uniform at Lisa's which is a pleated black n white skirt and a sleeveless black tshirt.

I put on a hairband to keep the baby hairs out of my eyes and wear my glasses and make my way down the hall only to find glass bottles lying everywhere and the entire hall smelling like a bar.

The salty taste on my lips tells me how I didn't even realise the tears caused by this deafening silence and miserable state of a place I would have been able to call home.

Wiping down the tears I take a final look at the house and after locking it make my way towards the diner.

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The diner is always busy in the evenings. I work 2 shifts since I need the money and now the pain is getting worse with every passing minute. I guess lisa sensed it coz she sneakily convinced me to go home early today and now I am dreading it.

Everything is thrashed and dad is sitting on the floor with his head in his hands and no doubt drunk. I approach him slowly and the moment he senses me he looks up at me as if I am the worst thing to ever exist. The eyes that held love now is brimming with hatred.

"This is all because of you bitch. They took everything they could as the payment. We need to leave, now."

I was feeling numb as I packed the few clothes I had in a duffle bag. I took our framed family photograph of when I was 4, all smiling faces, the brightest being my mum's.

Even when the cancer was eating her up she still fought bravely. I miss you mumma. I miss you so much.

After an hour I get in the truck which I am assuming he got from one of his friends. I stay silent throughout the ride, not knowing where we are going and neither expecting anything.

But how do I justify this strange sense of hope that I am feeling?

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There it is !
Long breaths! 😌
Finished the 1st chap... I hope it is interesting.

Also do you guys have any tattoos? And if yes then can you tell me what it is and it's meaning behind.
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