Skylar Ross

Chapter 2

I'm apologize in advance if this chapter is not good. I just came up with this in about twenty minutes. It's also my second update today. I do hope that you all enjoy it though. If not please tell me what you didn't like about it and I will try my best to fix it. -SW
Last night had been a horrible night for Tyla. After coming home from school late again her father decided to punish her by making her clean the kitchen floor while he beat her. Every hit meant another spot on the floor she had to clean up. After her father was finished hitting her he kicked her in the side and let her sit on the cold kitchen floor in pain.

Tyla had to endure huge amounts of pain just to walk up the steps to get to her bedroom. Ah her bedroom...nothing but a large closet. The morning would only bring Tyla more pain. That stiff pain. The I can't move to get out of bed pain.

Tyla sat up in her bed and cried out in pain. Her back was stiff and sore like she had been run over by a big ass dirt truck. She slowly dragged her legs off the bed and stood up. She almost fell to the ground if it wasn't for the bed rail that was right there to catch her. Tyla ignored the pain in her legs and stepped outside her room to see if her father was still home. After a while of listening Tyla assumed that her father had left for work. She always wondered where he had worked.

As she walked to the bathroom and looked into the mirror Tyla realized just how bad she actually looked. Her whole left side was swollen and had clumps of dry blood around her mouth. Well i guess i wont be going to school for the rest off this week. She thought. She turned around to observe her back only to be met with bruises and flashbacks. Tyla felt a tear drop down her cheek and whipped it away. She walked to the tub and turned on the shower.

The blazing hot water hit her body immediately and she gasped at the pressure the water put on her wounds. Everytime Tyla wiped away the blood from her wounds she winced. He really gave it to me this time.

She sat in the tub letting the water rain across her body before she finally decided to get out and get dressed. She walked back to her room and sat on her makeshift bed. She grabbed her clothes from the trash bag and slipped them on her body.

As Tyla sat in her room she wondered what her mother could possibly be doing right now. Tyla snorted Probably getting high with the big guys to become the actress she'll never be. Or dead for all I know. I wouldn't mind it.

Tyla got up off the floor and walked into the kitchen. On the table were fresh bananas. Tyla's stomach growled. She hadn't been fed in days and she couldn't take it. She reached for one of the bananas and slowly peeled it. She bought the banana to her lips and took a bite. She moaned in delight and devoured the rest of the banana. She reached for another one and repeated the same thing.

After eating two bananas Tyla went to the living room and looked out of her window. When she looked over at the house on her right she seen a moving truck. Her eyes got wide and she squinted her eyes to see better. She was curious as to who would move to a small town like this. She removed herself from the window and sat on the couch trying to decide whether or not she'd watch TV.

She picked up the remote and loud music erupted in the room. She widened her eyes and frantically pressed the volume button on the remote so that you could hardly hear a sound in the room. You might be thinking oh its fine Tyla if the TV is loud. But its not. Tyla's dad had forbidden her from using any electric device. No phones, no laptops, no TVs, no tablets, nothing. You might be saying well your dad's not there so it won't be a problem. But it will. See Tyla's dad's bestfriend lives to the left of them and hes always snitching on Tyla. She never gets away with anything. He's always the reason she gets in trouble when she comes home from school late. Since her dad gets back late he has his friend keep an eye on her.

Tyla hated her dad's bestfriend. He was just as sadistic as her father if not more. Tyla remembered a time when she had been a minute late and instead of her dad's bestfriend telling her dad he decided to take it into his own hands. Tyla had never been more scared a day in her life. He was way bigger than her father. She knew he'd cause more damage to her body than her father ever did and she was right. The day he beat her so severly she had to go to the hospital. She had a concussion, two broken ribs, and she had to get a jaw wired shut while it healed. Tyla prayed everyday after that that he would stay away but it happened two times after that.

After the last time Tyla tried her best to do everything right so she wouldn't have to endure anymore pain like that. Tyla came back to reality after hearing her dad's car roll into the driveway. Tyla jumped up scared and ran into her little room and curled up in the corner. She hears the door open and close and then the fridge door opening. She assumed her dad had gotten a beer. She then heard footsteps going into the living room and a football game came on. Tyla closes her eyes in relief. Thank god I turned the TV off before I ran back up the steps or I would have been severely beaten again...

Tyla listened to the noise coming from downstairs and closed her eyes falling asleep. She hoped that while she was asleep no harm would come to her body.