Mother is more frantic than ever.
She's running all over the house, trying to get as much done as possible.
He insisted that she make us an extra special Christmas dinner for us to eat together as a family.
We sit together and he lets us all eat at the same time.
I haven't eaten in so long, the smell of the food turns me off and my stomach churns threatening to release its contents but there aren't any.
I reject all the food.
He stands and screams at me.
Yelling that my mother made a nice meal for us and I better fucking eat it or I'll get punished like the worthless bitch I am.
My mother stands and tells him that it's okay, that I can eat later.
Bad idea on her part.
He smacks her and says that she shouldn't down talk the man of the house.
She sits.
He piles food on my plate and demands that I eat.
I don't move, I don't speak, I just look down at the floor and wait for him to lose it.
He does.
There's a hand pulling my hair and another around my throat.
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