As his footsteps got closer I got more nervous. But then when he came down he woke up Claire and asked us what we wanted for lunch. She said grilled cheese and I gave her a dirty look and said, How could you even talk to him! HE tried to kill you! You can't just go right back to normal the NEXT day! Are you crazy!
He looked back at me with an angry look on his face. He balled up his fist and punched me, over and over again. I cried so hard. Then when he was finished kicked me and left.
Later when he brought down lunch, he only gave a grilled cheese to Claire. She offered me some, but I said no. For all I know there is poison in it. You never know what someone like him is capable of.
Later Claire asked me, "Why do you talk bad about him, it will just hurt you in the long run." I yelled back at her with so much anger, "Why shouldn't I talk bad about him! He is a horrible person! He beats you, he tortures you! And you just sit here like he has done nothing wrong! He is a bad person!"
She just sat there with a blank look on her face for a few minutes, then she said "He is not a bad guy, he is my dad and I will always love him no matter what he does to me! I can't change it! It is what goes through my head, and I can't just forget about him!"
Then I quietly said back, "But how could you love him, he is always hurting you?" I can't help it, he is a really nice guy when he doesn't do this stuff! That's why I wasn't going to tell you about it, because he would find out! He knows everything! And he is not usually like this! He only did this so I wouldn't tell anyone else." She said with a tear rolling down her face. "But then why did he take me too!?" I said back. She answered with "Because you know too, so he didn't want you to tell anyone either! "Well I am sorry I got into your business about it! So don't tell me anything anymore because all I do is get you into trouble!" I screamed back with tears rolling down my face. I just want to go home.
