Chapter Two

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It wasn't the first time he's hit me. For the past five years he would usually come home after drinking and do this. At least this time it looked like he had a reason... He oddly didn't ever hit my brother when he was drunk. To him Johnathan might as well not exist. But anyways I went upstairs and yelled at my brother to get out of my room so he couldn't see what dad did or me crying.

"Bryan I was listening to the player though!" Johnathan yelled through my door as the album was still playing in my room.

"Just go!" I managed to hide the pain in my voice. "You can get it back later...Ok?!" I heard him sigh and he agreed to leave me alone.

I looked at my hand which I wrapped in my shirt. It was burned a little to it and it hurt to pull apart. "Shit!" My left hand was mostly unharmed but my right was burned really bad. I could smell the burnt flesh and I almost puked. I spent probaby an hour crying in my room over my burns when I realized I couldn't stay here anymore with him...

I was going to leave...

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