Sean did this for months on end. Throughout summer we were beaten senseless wherever he pleases. But during the school year he was sneaky and only beat us where our clothes or hair covered.
He made it clear that if me or Ellie ever told any one that he would kill our mother and then kill us.
Sean seemed to beat up on ellie more then myself. It killed me to see my baby sister like this.
The beatings got so bad they turned into torture. Sean would make us do chores and if we didn't finish them in time he would beat us and the n we would miss a meal. Also me and ellie were not aloud to talk. Or else we would be beaten and put in " the chamber"
"The chamber" was a dark closest in our downstairs. Sean would fill a bucket with ammonia and other cleaning supply's and let it infect the air in the closet. Sean would only let us out when we stoped breathing. He would simply open the door and let some fresh air in.
One day out of the blue Ellie had had enough, so much enough that she might have done the stupidest thing you could do in this situation. Ellie stood up to Sean.