Black Eye

Chapter 1

"Scarlett get down here!" Mom yelled.

"I'm not going anywhere near you Jennifer!" I yelled back.

I could hear mom's footsteps stomping up the stairs, I could also hear her banging her favorite stick on the floor. She was coming to beat me again. I know it!

"Scarlett Joan Martin, you do not call me by my name!" At that, she hit me!

"Nooo, stop, please. I know what I did! I'm sorry!" She grabbed my hair.

"Look what you did to your beautiful hair. It looked fine black! Why child, why?!"

"Mom STOP! I like blue!" She let go of my hair and dropped the beating stick. She stormed out of my room and banged down the stairs.

Later when dad got home, I heard her screaming what had happened earlier. Now I hear them both coming up the stairs. Dad threw the door and it hit my wall. Just another dent on top of the others, I thought to myself.

"Now listen, young lady," Dad yelled, "You dyed your hair without permission and stayed out past curfew last night! You, my dear, are sorry!"

"Please don't hurt me!!!" I yelled, but it was too late! Dad started punching me in the gut and mom got her stick and started hitting hard across the back! By the end, I was all bruised up and bleeding. I had a black eye and my lip was sliced through the middle.

That night I couldn't sleep a wink, I kept moaning and groaning from all the pain in my body. In the morning, I ran to school and never looked back. Once I got thru the main doors, I knew I was safe. My best friend ran up to me.

"OMG, Scar! What happened?!"

"They did it again." I syed.

"Scar, when are you going to tell the police? Let me look at you." I turned my head away.

"Evony, no. Please." Evony grabbed my face.

"Oh My God! Scar, you need to go to the hospital!"

"Evony, you know I can't. If I go, the doctor will ask for my parents."

"Well, you can at least stay at my house tonight." She offered.

"Ok, I'll call my parents and tell them." I hug her and whisper, "You know you're my best friend right?"

"Of course!" Evony whispered back.

Later that day Evony and I took the bus back to her place. Her house is small but lively. Evony has 4 younger brothers and 1 older sister. She is now the oldest since her sister moved out.

"Mom, Scar is here!" I heard Evony's brother yelling.

"Alright!" Her mom yelled back.

"Hello dear, oh my are you alright?" Evony's mother was always so nice and I still haven't told her about my parents.

"Yes Ms. Black, I'm fine."

"Scarlett you know you can call me Karla."

"Mom" Evony interrupted. "We're gonna go upstairs to my room ok?"

"Alright, you girls have fun."

As we walked upstairs, Evony's twin brothers ran past us. We walked into Evony's room that was at the end of the hall upstairs. Her room is black with silver swirls going around the whole room. Her bed has black and silver patterns to match her room. Evony used to share a room with her sister, so now that her sister has moved out I sleep in the extra bed in her room whenever I stay overnight.

Evony set me on the spare bed and walked into her bathroom when she came out she was holding a wet cloth to wipe down my cuts. Since my parents beat me so much I'm used to the routine where she wipes my face and I stay the night.

"Honey, we have to tell someone about this, I can't have you getting hurt anymore." Evony leaned in and whispered, "What if it gets worse and they break one of your limbs?!"

That night I felt safe knowing that I was in the hands of Evony and her family. I couldn't fall asleep, in my mind I kept knowing that I will have to go back to my death trap and the to demons that I call my parents will attack me and get mad at me just going to Evony's house without even a house stop. I finally fell asleep after crying for hours, I knew that it was time I needed to tell an adult, but telling would only take me out of my house, more like my room where I know and I feel ok. What had happened to my parents? They were nice when I was little. Was caused them to turn into evil demons?!