Broken Rose

Chapter 1

I was sitting in my room when I heard it, glass breaking.

I ran out of my room to the stairs, where I hid behind the railing watching as she tried to get up from the bed of broken glass she was lieing in.

My mom. She saw me as I made way to help her but like so many other conversations we've had, she looked me in the eye and I knew I had to keep hiding.

That's when he came into view, my 'dad'. Evan Sanders, cheif of police, I watched as he grabbed my mother by her hair and slapped he multiple times until her face was swollen and red.

He rapped his hand around her throat  and suffocated her until it looked like she was about to faint and through her back on the ground.

"You're nothing more than a slut I gave shalter alpng with those three brats upstairs, don't ever think you're more than that, you are nothing, NOTHING! So don't ever forget it." As he spit on her face.

I thought this was were it was going to end, wrong I was. When he saw the look in her eyes I've never seen something so feral then that moment.

I'll never forget the look of strength,determination and self-worth in my mothers eyes, even though he broke her more than once and by not just him she still held strength only few can dream of.

She got up and looked him in the eye, he was suprised by her but how quick that suprise turned to anger and hate.

"Look down." He said to her but she didn't. "Look down, Samantha."he says again. She doesn't budge. "I SAID LOOK DOWN!"

He grabbed her by her head and banged her head multiple times onto to the glass cabinet until the glass shattered, but she still wouldn't look down.

He through her multiple times around the living room into any and all surfaces, her body was bleeding and broken but her eyes would not look down. With every new impact and broken part he yells. "LOOK THE FUCK DOWN, JUST LOOK DOWN!"

I watched this as it happened I started moving slowly up the stairs as he through her with one last shove into the wooden railing and the undeniable sound of a broken spine rang throughout the room.

I was frozen I heard no sound, everything was numb in my head all I could see is her head hanging limp from her body and her back broken with a piece of her spinal chord poking out.

I heard him approach the stairs but all I could see was what was left of my mother. "Samatha...Samantha?SAMANTHA!?" he yelled as he picked up her body trying to wake her up. "THIS IS NOT FUNNY!WAKE THE FUCK UP!" but she still didn't respond.

He finally noticed me standing at the top of the stairs, with my eyes locked on him.

"Aviaana?"he looled suprised to see me. "Princess I-I didn't mean to hurt her like that, you've got to believe me ok, she was just not listing to me I had to, you I had to right,Princess. "He dropped her body and tried approaching like a scared little deer that's about to run.

How right he was. I ran through the hall straight to my brothers' room. As I slammed the door and locked it he banged on the door.

"Aviaana! Open this door. Just please open this door! I promise I won't hurt! Please princess just open the door for daddy ok and we can talk this out." I still wouldn't move just stared at the door as it kept moving under his force.

"JUST OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR AVIAANA, JUST OPEN IT PLEASE."

I wouldn't, my whole world just shook to its core and the cause was right behind that door, screaming and clawing at the only thing keeping me from him.

And that's when I heard it. The sound of rustling beside me, my brothers. They were sleeping together without a care in the world, not realising our only protector from this monster is laying in a pool of her own blood and she won't be coming back to us, not now not ever, the only safe place that we knew was gone and there's nothing we can do about it.

I don't know how long sat that not moving. No tears streaming down my eyes. I didn't realisewhen the bang stopped all I felt or herd was only white noise.

That's when I heard it, sound of Eric crying. I moved without thinking and brought him into my arms. He was only a year old born last year March the second.

I rocked him in my arms until he slept again, as I placed him back on the bed I looked at my other two brothers Xander and Xavier, with Xander being only three years older then Xavier.

That's wgen it hit me like a freight train. They were not safe...WE were not safe,we always had mom protecting us from him but now we have no one. How long until her trues to harm one of  the boys and kills them like he did mom.

I turned to the door the only barrier keepi g us safe,but for how long. How long until it also falls and we are left exposed and fragile to his abuse and entertainment. He had to leave.  We're not safe here. Not as long as he is here. We have to leave. That's all we can do.

I moved from the bed and carefully made my way to the door. I unlocked it and opened it and noticing he was not there. I heard no sounds from the house, but do not let the silance fool you is what she always said.

I run around the house lookong for any sign of him but there is non and from his missing jacket and keys gone.
I had not time to waste. I grabbed a duffle bG from my roomand ran to his room I open the safe in his closet and removed all my and the boys birth certificates and my ID some cash and passports. I ran to the boys room grabbed some clothes for the and back to my room to grab some clothes and my saved up money.

Down the stairs I ran. Avoiding looking at her broken body. I ran to the kitchen grab baby food for Eric and as nany as we can carry food for the boys and me.

I left the bag at the back outside and ran back up the stairs and woke the boys up.

"Boys wake up we need to go now." As I shook them awake. The woke up groggy and slow. "Come on guys we need to go now before he comes."

At those words Xander looked alert and took Xavier's hand towards the closet. "Wear some warm clothes and fast we need to leave now." I said while finishing up Eric in my arms.

So they were finished and we made our way out the room towards the stairs. As we got closer I kneeled infront of them. "No matter what you feel do not open your eyes ok, promise me please."

They nodded and closed their eyes as we reached the stairs I held their hands and guided them around her body straight to the back door.

"Ok Xander. "He looked at me. "Take Eric and Xavier to the tree line and hide there like we always do ok, don't come out until you see me come towards the trees ok?" He nodded and ran with the other two.