* FLASH BACK *
Glass.
Was that the noise of glass shattering, she thought?
She ran downstairs as fast as her little legs could carry her.
She heard her dad, yelling.
"WHAT THE FUCK" yelled her dad.
She stopped herself from entering the living room.
She peaked around the corner, holding her breath, hoping no one would see her.
All she saw was her mom, dad, her two sisters, and her brother.
Her mom was sitting in a rocking chair, and everyone was gathering around her.
She saw her dads hand swing up.
Just then, her brother jumped up on her dads back.
He was trying to fight him off.
Her dad was going to hit her mom.
Her brother was struggling, she could clearly see that.
Her legs stepped into the living room without permission.
All She could hear was, grunts, and swear words coming from the two of them, and her mom yelling out and screaming.
Her sisters sobbing not knowing what to do, but to just stand there and watch.
Just then her dad threw her brother off his back, he landed right in front of her.
She looked down with her eyes watering.
She looked up, her dad staring at her.
She had a blank face.
Her dad stood there.
She could hear the sobs of her mom, and her sisters.
Her mind was somewhere else.
Everything was in slow motion.
Her dad tried to reach for her, with sympathy in his eyes.
She looked down at his arm, then up at him.
She stepped back before it could touch her.
She turned around.
That's when she realized the things that were broken.
The memories that were destroyed.
The police came.
Blue and red flashing lights is all she saw.
She was standing next to a police man in his early twenties, when she saw her dad walk out in handcuffs.
She was only 4..
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Cold Fingertips ~Based on true events~
Adventure- And he said, "Sometimes putting ourself before others, is what we have to do. We can't help everyone." While stroking her hair, and wiping a tear from her big brown eyes. //Based on true events
