7 years
"Stop it Daddy, it hurts!" i yell. Report cards had gone home and i wasn't doing so good.
"This'll teach you to respect the schools." he slurrs, throwing a shoe at me. i duck and run into my room screaming. He comes in after me.
The next day, i hobble into school with a black eye and a split lip.
"Sweet heart, are you okay?" my teacher askes me with concern.
"Yea. I just tripped."
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When i get home from school, Daddy is waiting for me. He grabs the collar of my shirt and shakes me. i whimper.
"Where were you!?" he demands. He shakes me again, harder this time.
I look up at him and willed myself not to cry. "I-I was at school,"
"LIAR!!" he roars and throws me agianst a wall.
My head smashes into the wall and i see stars. I stay there for a long time. I am still lying there when Momma comes home. She drops her purse and jacket on the floor and rushes over to me.
"Baby, are you ok?" shes holding me and wiping the tears off my face which have just started to fall. "I am so sorry. I didnt want this to happen. I am so sorry." shes crying now to. I wonder why. Momma's arent 'possed to cry. There 'possed to be the ones who are strong. Maybe Momma isn't as strong as i think she is.
Daddy comes out then. Momma glares at him. "HOW COULD YOU?" she's shielding me with her body. "What has happend to you? Are you that much of a monster?" she's yelling at him. I've never seen Momma yell before. Daddy yells a lot but Momma never does.
Daddy grabs Momma by the arm and pulls her towards him. He says something to her and Momma goes pale.
Momma jerks her arm away. "You wouldn't."
He smiles grimly. "Yes, Meredith. Yes i would." he and Momma are glaring so hard at each other i think there eyeballs are gonna fall out. RIcky told me that he saw it happen before.
I stand up and hide under Momma's arm. Her hand rests on my head, playing with my hair.
"Jenny, Sweetheart, go to your room." Momma's eyes never leave Daddy.
I leave with out any argument. I sit alone in my room for a very long time until i fall asleep. When i wake up i can hear Mommy and Jeremy in the hallway talking. I try to listen in, but they're talking to softly. Finally Jeremy comes in. He's 15.
He thinks that I'm asleep and sits down on my bed. "I am so sorry Jenny. I'm so sorry you have to live like this. "
End of Chapter 1
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Teen FictionMomma always told me to be strong. I used to always listen to Momma. But zero told me I don't have to listen to dead people anymore. He told me its ok to not always be strong.
