Unexpected Events

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"You're later than usual." said her father, putting down the newspaper. "Yeah, uh. I was held up by some bullies," Bella explained as she walked over to her dad.
"Was it that Chase girl that's been teasing you?" her father asked.

"Yeah, but everything's okay now. I don't think they'll be bothering me for a while anyway." Bella said, putting her backpack down, next to the couch.

"Oh really? How come?" her father asked as Bella went to sit on his lap.

"I was saved by a few Greaser boys," Bella said. "A few what?" her father asked confused. "Greaser boys. They live on our side of town. That makes me one too, I guess since I dress like them and put grease in my hair."

"So, you're telling me that a few hoods saved you from a bully. That seems like an original situation."

"But, daddy. It's true. They're nicer than they look." Bella said.

Just then, someone knocked on the door...

Bella got off her dad's knee and her father went to answer it.

It was a man, holding a gun in his hand. Bella go so scared, she ran to her room without hesitation.

She heard yelling, then a gunshot. Bella covered her ears. The heard her mother scream bloody murder before another gunshot went off.

Bella had silent tears, streaming down her face like a silent waterfall. She hid under her bed.

Then footsteps came her way. "Where are ya, you little shit?" said the voice. Bella covered her mouth. Then the footsteps disappeared. 

She waited a couple of moments, the came out from under her bed. 

She crept to the window and saw a man with red hair walking away from the house...this was Elaine's father.

Bella's face scrunched up in anger. "She told him," she whispered angrily. Then, went back to the tears of sorrow. Many thoughts were streaming through her mind like an overflowing river during a storm.

She knew she had to see the damage done...what he has done to them.

She exited her room with extreme caution, using a hairbrush as a weapon. She then went to the kitchen to see her mother, motionless with a pool of blood around her head. Bella did a whimpering sob.

Then, though she was afraid to look. She saw her father, motionless like a mannequin. Bella almost screamed, but covered her mouth before being given away.

She didn't want to be put in an orphanage so she ran out of the house, without thinking.


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