Afraid 💔

How it all started

It all started on my 19th Birthday. I partied all night with my friends and came home around 11:30 that night. I parked my car in the driveway and walked up the stairs to the front door. I gripped the handle to make sure the door was unlocked once I took the key out of the door. I tried to open the door but something was on the other side blocking the doorway. I pushed hard to reveal the house flipped upside down which was not the house I pictured when I left. "Mom", I yelled through the house , no one answered. I didn't bother yelled my dads name because he was probably somewhere drunk trying to beat up on his other friends. I spotted blood stains on the living room carpet and quickly grabbed a knife from the kitchen because I thought someone had broken into our house. I quietly ran and hid in the hallway closet because I heard someone stomping upstairs which seemed to be getting closer to the stairway.
I peeked through the cracks in the door and seen my dad carrying cleaning supplies and a huge black trash bag heading towards the front door. I say there for a minute and tried wondered as to why was he carrying everything outside.
When he slammed the door shut I ran upstairs to see what he was up to. Unfortunately he wasn't out drinking with his friends. I walked into my parents room and my eyes quickly started to tear up when I found my mom covered in blood on the floor. I went to check and see if she was still breathing but she wasn't. I tried to perform CPR but it was too late. Before I knew it heard my dad heading upstairs calling my name and saying he was sorry for what happened. "It's okay you can come out I won't hurt you" he said.  I ran into his closet and hid under a big pile of sweaty and dirty clothes that he had. I covered my mouth so he wouldn't hear me over all the loud breathing I was doing because I was so scared.
He opened his closet door and my breathing suddenly stopped I didn't want him to find me but my car was in the driveway so eventually he knew I was in the house. He searched the closet high and low and didn't bother to check the pile of clothes.
He closed the closet door and I heard footsteps walking the opposite way of where I was hiding. I peeked my head up from the pile of clothes and watched him head toward my bedroom. He checked everywhere and couldn't find me . Then he headed towards the bathroom and shut the door. I searched for my phone and remembered hat I left it in my car outside so I knew it was my time to make a run for it. As I quietly left the closet I gripped my knife tighter just in case he wanted to jump out of the bathroom and try to attack me. I heard the toilet flush and I dashed down the stairs before he opened the door and ran out the front door.
I started my car and backed up out of the driveway making everything fly to the back. I took one look at my house and noticed the car garage opened. He must have noticed that I left. Before he could get out I sped toward my Bestfriends Camille's house and parked my car behind her house. I could barely see due to all the tears that were running down my face. I got out and ran over to my Camille's window and knocked until she came to the back door to open it for me. I followed her to her room and explained everything that happened. She helped me calm down a little and I asked her if she had something to cover my car so he wouldn't find me here. She quickly went out slide and placed a big sheet over my car and came back inside. I used her phone to call the police and tell them everything that happened. I stayed on the phone and they said I was very brave for what I did and that my dad was no where to be found. He must have been on the run or out looking for me. He's been very abusive every since he started drinking when him and my mother would always get into an argument about him being lazy all the time instead of going out to find a job and taking care of his responsibilities. He'd get angry and hit the both of us. All my mom ever wanted to do was live a happy life and he ruined it for her. I thought about it and my bestfriend sat there and comforted me until we both fell asleep.