CHAPTER SEVEN
I look in shock, Nicole really followed me home?
"Whats been going on Cas.?" she says seriously
I start crying " I can't take life Nicole."
"What do you mean?"
It's so dark she can't see my face, it has to be around 11:00. I'm not going to tell her about my dad, I'm to ashamed. "My aunt, She died last week." I lie
"I'm sorry Cas, how'd she die?"
I think of something quick "Train. She, uh got hit by a train." I'm so stupid. She will never believe that.
"Oh my, Cas I'm so sorry."
"It's okay, she's in a better place now."
"I have to go Cas,its freezing. I'll see you later"
She get in her red car, it roars, the headlights go on and she leaves. I stare back at the old door. I don't think I can take my dad again. I crack the door open. I walk in, I hear the TV on. I look into the door way of my living room. I see my dad, passed out on the couch. I quickly tip toe to my room. I close the door, the hole's still there. I grab some duct tape and tape the hole closed. I look around, glass. Everywhere, my mothers favorite lamp lies in pieces, I pick up a shard of glass and hide it under my dirty mattress. I sweep up the other pieces of the lamp and put it in a small trash bin. My room is so plain, Just a mattress that lies on the floor, a mirror, and a small trash bin. My clothes lie in a corner. I don't have many, but they are nicely folded.
I get on my mattress and think, I think about my mom. My mom died in a car accident when I was 8. She was pulling out of a grocery store, I was in the back seat. My mom went out into the street and a truck smashed into the side of the car, I screamed. I saw my mom, head bleeding bent back. I start yelling "MOM" she just sat there, lifeless, I started crying; for months I had that vision in my head. My mom, bleeding. I blamed it on myself. If I didn't go with her maybe she would have gotten out of the store faster; and been here today.
I fall asleep thinking about life,
When I wake up I hear breathing. Its heavy,it has the smell of alcohol.
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RandomCassandra seems to be a normal 15 year old girl in her highschool. But she's hiding a big secret, her alcoholic father beats her while he's drunk every night. How much longer can she keep this secret, or will it be to late?
