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Sage Moore|Atlanta, Georgia| May 1st
Sage walked up to her porch, music blasting through her headphones after she walked fifteen minutes from the bus stop finally making it home after a long day of work just for her to get fired for "clocking in late too many times", she sighed jiggling her keys in the door eventually getting it open.
She had to take two busses there, two busses back every single time she had work. That was her 3rd job this year and she was beyond exhausted.
When she walked into her house, closing the door behind her she seen shattered glass on the floor. Immense fear filled her system.
Her dad must be drunk again, sometimes he'd just speak nonsense and sleep and sometimes it'd be worse... she creeped past the glass trying to quickly make her way to her room to avoid conflict that was awaiting.
"GIGI GET OVER HERE" he screamed at the top of his lungs. She was scared of her dad. He was 5'11 and around 200 pounds. Even when he just grabbed her she would bruise. Hesitantly she walked toward her dad's room.
"y-yes dad ?" She said timidly. It stunk of booze and musk making her scrunch her face up, he snapped his head straight at her walking towards her with anger lingering in his what seemed to be pure black eyes.
"this all ya' fault, if it weren't fa' ya she'd still be hea" He spat while wailing his arms. By she, he was referring to Sage's late mother who passed almost three years ago coming this March. A singular tear dropped from her eye. She was used to his banter but it didn't hurt any less.
He stared at her before raising his hand to her. "SAY SUM I DEA YA !" All she could do was cry.
The stress of her no longer having a job, the responsibilities of taking care of her father and this house since he was unemployed, and just him constantly being drunk and angry taking it out on her.
She stood saying nothing, just tears running down her face. He sucked his teeth turning around. She took that as a green light to go her room and lock the door. Shortly after he came banging at the door screaming for her to open it and he wasn't done with her.
Sage called her best friend Kalani asking if she could stay the night. Kalani already knew her story so she knew why she was asking.
"Of course babe you need me to send you an Uber?" She asked.
"Yes please if you can" she muttered in defeat. Kalani ordered her Uber saying it was arriving in three minutes. Sage quickly packed a spend-a-night bag and left her room trying to make it to the front door. Her dad quickly snatched her by her hair pulling her down. "st-op" she cried out.
"WEA' YA GOIN'" he screamed at her. She bursted into heavy tears. "I'm so over this.." she internally thought before she felt immense pain in her stomach making her ball up. He stomped her stomach like there was a roach on it before letting up on her hair. "nd don't come back hea bitch" he scratched while waking back to his room.
