Eventually we closed the door. Mom burst into tears and Dad looked ready to explode.
"Are you guys alright?" I asked.
"No, we've lost four children in one year," Mom weeped.
"And we are left with the one child we never wanted," Dad said.
"You can't say that! We are all one big happy family remember?"
"July that's over now," Mom sighed.
I knew she was right.
"You really aren't that fucking smart are you July?" Dad said.
"Huh?"
"Sometimes I wish you'd gone instead of May!" Dad snapped.
Tears spilled from m my eyes.
"Dad, how can you say that?"
"By opening my mouth and speaking the truth," Dad sneered.
I cried harder.
"Dad...I wish I'd gone instead of May too."
And with that more tears fell.
Dad came over and slapped me hard where my old bruises lay. I ran outside crying. I knew he'd calm down eventually but that didn't matter right then.
I ran and ran as fast as I could until I reached the beach. The waves crashed against the rocks as I sat on the sand that was out of the way of incoming water. Tears still rolled down my cheeks as I sat and watched the waves with depression lurking in my heart.
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Teen FictionUNDER MAJOR EDITING "May is gone forever. She opened the front door and never came back." When sixteen year old July Summer looses her twin sister the week before their sweet sixteen, she is devastated. The whole family are in despair and the new...
