[Salt tears] short story

"A slumbering night"

TW: Abuse, Neglection, Prostitution
It was a dark night as the wind blow against the window causing branches to scratch at the glass.

The little girl big hazel eyes
curious and small looking at the shadows that the moonlight cast.

In the corner of the little girl eyes she sees a tall figure with dark skin and sharp claws...

"Maybe it's the little girls imagination?... Kids always have those"

The little girl hugged her teddy bear tightly to her frail body as she hopped out of body

"Are you a new friend?", said the little girl in a raspy weak voice.

The monster was surprised and thought to himself "is she not afraid of me?..."  It reached its claws and tried to grab the teddy bear trying to see what her reaction was.

The little girl eyes was filled with a sense of happiness but she had a weak glum to them. She held her thin arms out letting the monster hold her teddy bear

"...thank you little girl. This is the nicest anyone has ever been to me...what's your name?", the monster voice was a deep as stone but had a amused tone to it.

The little girl innocent smile widens as she was jumping in place and ran over to a small makeshift desk grabbing a piece of paper. She showed him the paper that said "Mary..."

"That's a nice name Mary...do you want to play?", the monster was entertained by Mary and watched her face seeing her eagerly nod.

The monster plays with Mary for a while until he hears banging on the door. He immediately disappeared back to where he came as a male figures bursted through the door

The giant male punched Mary right in the stomach sending her to the ground crying in pain. He grabs the little girl by her hair before throwing her into the wall with all of his strength letting her body recoil off of it.

His eyes was filled with greed and hatred...

"Your a fucking mistake! Your just like your whore of a mother being a damn female! You have no purpose and will always be a fucking failed abortion!...Tomorrow you better be ready for them..."

The man walked out of the wall and left Mary coughing and crying in pain from his hits. The monster didn't know how to react and stepped out of the closet.

He wraps his arm around Mary body gently to not hurt her anymore than she's already hurt hugging her.

He managed to put Mary to sleep and tucked her in bed. "Sweet Dreams Mary...tomorrow all of your problems will be gone..."

With those words the creature disappeared...

In the morning, the little girl woke up feeling better not in pain. She hopped out of bed and reached for her bedroom door knob.

The moment she got the door open she saw a small pink box wrapped in a red looking ribbon dripping  something red off of it...

Mary opened the box and saw her dad. His head was perfectly sliced off with the bloody words
"happy birthday Mary"
engraved into his forehead.

Mary was too young to understand what she was looking at but that day was the last she saw the monster...