"I'm home Danny" I shout as I walk through the door of my uncle's house. As I dump my bag on the couch, My cat 'Prince' walks around my legs, I hover around In the fridge looking for something to snack on but before I can find something, I hear and angry voice stomping down the stairs.
"Hannah!" Danny, my uncle shouts
"My name's Hope, if you hadn't noticed but It doesn't really matter If you can't remember your own niece's name whom you live with, I mean, who cares right?" I reply carelessly
"Stop mumbling! you know I'm half deaf. I've told you too many times not to dump your dam clothes on ground, put them in the washing machine!"
"Why can't you do it? It's not like you have anything better to do, all you do is sit on the couch and watch TV all day." I explain angrily
"Excuse me, I have provided you with everything you need your whole life!"
"Oh yeah, you mean throwing me in a stupid state school with $2 for lunch everyday and toast for dinner every night, oh and I forgot, giving me a councillor session every week just to get rid of me for a while, oh yeah, everything I need!" I yell back at him. He struts up to me and slaps my arm, It hurts.
"You know, hitting me proves your point of providing me with everything I need just fine" I yell sarcastically. I rush up the stairs into my room, my cat follows, I rip my jacket off and throw it on the floor, just to annoy my uncle, then grab my sketch book and pencil and fall onto my bed. I start sketching when I realise a red mark on my arm right where my uncle hit me. It's never left a mark when he's hit me before, I think to myself.
I hear a letter come threw the door so I get up off my bed and walk downstairs towards the door. On the front of the envelope, it says Hope Saunders. I rip up the top to open it and it says...
Dear Hope,
Wow, 15 already! it seems like just yesterday when you first came up to the marine and asked to have a ride on a sail boat. Happy birthday for tomorrow. I have a present for you, but you'll have to come marine tomorrow at 9:00am to receive it.
Much love, Mrs. Gormely
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Curiosity
AdventureMeet Hope, a girl who's life does not match her name. She's a confident but curious girl who has no friends, her parents left when she was young and now, she lives with her abusive uncle, pretty much the only being in the world that appreciates her...
