The light between the oceans ~ Fillie

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Chapter one - Shut down
Millie's POV

  My life wasn't always eas- ... no scratch that my life has never been easy. My dad was never really fond of me. In fact he hated me. 
  Hate is such a strong word isn't it? The word hate has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet.
I've learned to shut down my emotions. Shut down any thing in my body that made me feel anything. Nothing can break me... well because I'm already broken. Everyday is a different shade of gray for me.
You see I'm like this because my dad blamed me for everything. I guess it somehow made him feel better about himself. He would mostly blame me for not being a boy when I was born, for not being as pretty as other girls, and just mostly being different from everyone else. He made me feel as if being different was wrong. But I convinced myself other wise.

  I never really cared about what he blamed me for...

Until he blamed me for my mother's death, that I was the reason she got in that car crash. That was what broke me, that was what made me shut down everything inside me. Now I'm just an empty soul.
   I wanted to run away

Escape
      
But where would I go?
       There's nothing in this shitty town called Hawkins.

Or that's what I thought...

Heyy, sorry the first chapter is short, I just wanted to give you guys a little taste of the story ;) - Ivy