Torture in the Face of Beauty

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   “Renae, Renae are you in the human realm?” Ms.  Arrow sharply said, she was now my English teacher. She was quite beautiful but that beauty only masked what was beneath.

“Yes I am sadly,” I replied, whilst the rest of the class stared at me, the emo freak; the one who cuts herself in the hope that the fey will go away...

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   “No mum, you don’t understand. I’m not trying to get attention, nor am I on drugs.” I faced my mother in an argument that neither of us ever won.

“Well it freakin well looks like it.” My mother said stony faced and not backing down. “I was a teenager once upon a time; I know what you’re going through. You need to get help.”

“I need to get a family who actually understands!” I yelled at her. I walked out of the house refusing to look back at my mother and the lame excuse of their parenting. I don’t know how long I would be gone; I just knew I had to leave.

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