Darling Demi

One

Magnolia's POV

Screaming echoed around me, pulling me from my sleep. I slowly climbed out of bed, silently walking towards my bedroom door. I opened it carefully and walked to the top of the stairs looking down, over the railing I saw my mama tied up, whilst a man came out of the kitchen. He was tall and had broad shoulders.

He screamed something at mama and I felt a tear roll down from my eye I quite lay ran back to my room and went into my wardrobe hiding under my clothes. I'm going to die. I can't even help mama I'm that scared. I'm a disappointment. People at school were right. I'm never going to be loved.

I hear heavy footsteps coming up the stairs, turning round the corner and heading towards my room, I let out a quiet sob and then the door flew open. Quickly I covered my mouth with my hand trying to stay as quiet as possible.

The man pulled my duvet of my bed and chucked my plants and laptop on the floor he smashed things in my room and chucked a vase over in my direction. I bit my hand trying to suppress the scream that was trying to escape me.

The man turned around and left the room. I heard his footsteps go back down the steps and more crashing and then the front door opened and slammed shut and all was silent. I didn't dare move though. Another sob rattled through my body, I was frozen to the spot. I didn't trust men, you could say I had a fear of them.

I stayed sat in my wardrobe as tears continued to stain my cheeks. After a while I felt light headed and my eyes slowly shut consuming me in darkness.

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I feel an aching pain in my neck, opening my eyes slowly I realise I'm still in my wardrobe under my clothes. Everything that happened last night flashes through my mind. It's a good thing my brother and sister are at dad or who knows what would have happened to them.

I quickly get up and make my way down stairs and see mama still tied to the chair. I rush over to her and untie her.

"Mama are you alright," my eyes scan over her face looking for any damage.

"I'm fine magnolia," I let put a breath of relief. She alright. She's fine. Phew. I looked in mamas hazel eyes and they held relief in as well.

" I'm sorry I didn't help you mama, I wanted to, I was going to beat the man up once I untied you but then he appeared out of the kitchen and I was like holy chickens he's a big man. Not that I don't think I could've taken him on cause look how strong I am but he didn't have a nice face so I ran away and hid," I rambled knowing none of that was true.

"It okay lia, I'm sure you would've if he didn't have such a scary face," I gave mama a small smile and turned back around.

" I've got to go clean my room now since that bum hole messed it up," I skipped up the stairs and went to my room, seeing every thing destroyed.

All my roses that I brought myself were all over the floor. But it's fine cause it's not like it was from a boyfriend or even a friend for that matter. I brought them for myself and I like to pretend that I have a secret admirer.

I slowly pick up all the flowers and grab a new vase from downstairs I started to pick up the broken glass from the other vase when I felt a sharp pain, I looked down a piece of glass was in my hand.

Fiddlesticks I mutter to myself, I walk into the bathroom and gently pull it out whimpering whenever it hurt. I then cleaned it but only with water, dried it and put on a princess tiana plaster. I smiled to myself and went back to tidying  my room after 5 minutes I got bored so I lied on my bed.