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"Mama! Daddy! I can explain!" I said quickly, but not quickly enough as my dad had already taken his belt off and started wielding it at my bare legs.
Thankfully Robyn had hung up when she heard me scream or else I don't know what would have happened. Its like my parents alternated between yelling at me and beating my ass. When one was tired of beating my ass they'd hand the belt over to the other one and start yelling at me.
At this point I was a mess, I was just trying to shield my body as much as possible from their blows. I was huddled up in the corner with my arms around my head.
After what felt like forever they stopped but I still didn't move, I was terrified. I'd never been in trouble before and definitely not to this extent. After I heard things falling I peaked out from behind my arms to see them taking things from my room. They grabbed my phone, iPad, Mac and whatever else of significant value that I had.
"Stop cryin' fa I gih ya sumting to cry bout!" My father yelled before slamming my bedroom door close. I couldn't stop sniffling but I quickly wiped at the tears that covered my face because even though I had never gotten in trouble Tae had... A lot, so I knew he was serious that he'd come back if I didn't suck it up.
I got up after a few minutes and grabbed some clothes to put on, I mean if they were gonna whoop my ass again at least I wouldn't be naked.
I sighed when it sunk in that they had taken my phone, the text messages between Robyn and I were far from innocent... I was dead.
Too afraid to come out my room and bored without any electronics to hold my attention, I fell asleep. I was woken up by the creaking of my door and my mother entering my now dark room. She sat at the edge of my bed and I turned on the lamp on my nightstand so that we could see each other even though I couldn't exactly look her in the face.
"Onika..." her voice was so soft and dripping in defeat. I didn't say anything, I just continued to look down at my hands.
"I didn't expect tis from yuh, maybe yuh crazy sister but nuh yuh. I thought we could truss yuh," she sighed.
"Ma, you can... I just... I... I'm a teenager, I have hormones... I..." I couldn't figure out anyway to say what I meant in a way that she would at least somewhat understand.
