On The Run To NOWHERE
I made it to Milwaukee, WI @ about 9am Monday morning, getting off the mega bus felt like a relief. It didn't take long at all as I thought. But I was still tired, I was happy I was away from that hell hole they called "home" back in the city. I was 14 going on 15 running away from my aunts house. -Sigh- I had to though ; she found out I was selling weed at school for my brother Trigger (he wasn't my real brother , he was always there when I needed him and we grew a tight bond) .
It didn't make it no better when I told her , her son had been molesting me since I was 7 years old. She didn't give a fuck tho ! All she kept screaming is "STOP LYING" ! "Why would you make stuff up like that ?" After not answering her questions she told me I had to leave . So I packed my bags ,.. well what I did have. When she realized I didn't bother to stay, she came in my room tryna get to the bottom of things. I told her okay I wasn't leaving.
-Thinking to myself I knew I had to leave ASAP!-
I couldn't take any more abuse it was now that I had to make a run for it. That night I knew she had to work and my cousin was going out with his guys. And now here I am.
**walking around looking clueless**
I seen this girl my age looks lost as well. "Hey are you waiting for somebody to pick you up ?" I asked her. She just shook her head "No" as she continued to look at the ground. "Okay, so what's your name?" I asked. She looked up "Tony" she said back to me. "Where you from?" I continued with the questioning. "Rockford ILL , why ? Do you know me or something ?" Tony said as she looked up at me , with dried tears on her face , dried up blood under her nose as well as a black eye.
-Gasp- OMG !!!
"What happen to your face ?!!!" I asked her . Holding her head back down.. "My Step-Dad" Tony Said. Instantly my hurt from my situation went away. "You don't know me , but I believe we could help each other" I said to Tony. "Oh yea , how you figure?!" Tony said as she stood up. We both look like we been threw hell and in need of something to eat. So help me, help you.
"Kinda like you scratch my back I scratch yours type of thing" Tony shot back . "Yeah like that, let's start by going in that bathroom fixing you up" I told her .
"Okay" Tony said as we walked to the bathroom. "What's your name by the way?" Tony said. "Oh I'm sorry, I'm Shonell , but my family call me Nell". "Oh so where you from Shonell?" Tony asked. "Chicago, but what's your story ; like why you here?" I asked Tony.
*Putting her head down*
"I just had to leave that place with my step-dad Rick getting drunk and beating me every night, not to mention my mother coming in high out her mind in all hours of the night. The nights she didn't get her fix they take turns punching, burning me with lighters, taking the only food I'd have to eat, I never had anything to wear. I couldn't be there any longer." Tony vented.
