Tales For The Broken

Make it

As a kid I did not have that much money. My friends thought I was rich I always wore really nice clothes but they were either from J C penny's for like a dollar or from a garage sale, I had an electric car but it's actually cheaper then a gas car, and when people were like "you have enough to money" I never disagreed even though it was the opposite. I never told my friends the real reason I never did my homework, it was because I had to work everyday after school till 10 from grade 7 until collage. I had to work cause my dad worked as a teacher and got paid squat. He had a good job before when my mum made enough money to support our family so my dad quit and started doing what he loves teaching. Then my mum got fired from her job as a nurse (side note I spelled that wrong and it corrected it to nude I just thought in would put that in here cause I thought it was funny so yea) for coming to work drunk for a week in a row. She was really depressed and needed help but she always said she was fine and it was a faze that she would get over it in about a month. It was not a faze. She continued to drink and get high everyday causing her not to be able to get a job. My parents always fought about how lazy and selfish my mum is. My dad would always be downstairs grading papers and working on classes he had to take to continue to work as a teacher. My mum did bad things to me when my dad was downstairs so my mum hurt me everyday. I remember when the abuse started.
I had just come into the house with Caleb my younger brother at the time he was 5. I did not have to work that day because the arcade had closed cause the water main had broke. My parents were fighting as always and Caleb looked up at my tears in his eyes and I myself was trying not to cry but I had to stay strong for him. I bent down to his level, plastered on a smile and said "let's get your coat off then you go upstairs and I'll bring you some ice cream" he smiled that wonderful smile he had and nodded yes. I helped him take his coat off as my parents continued to fight I tried to ignore them but I could not help but hear that they were fighting about how my mums drinking habits could effect me and Caleb. I sent Caleb up to his room and took off my converse that I had got from a garage sale for a dollar. I had started walking towards the kitchen not noticing that my dad had slammed the door to the basement and my mum had stated walking to the cabinet where she keeps her alcohol. So when she came in and the board creaked and it scared me so I said "oh, mum you startled me" and she just smiled and walked towards me. She stopped uncomfortably close to me. I could feel her breath on my head and smell the beer she had drank earlier. Then she smiled and said creepily "you wanna see effecting the kids huh." I was about to say 'what' when she punched me right in the stomach causing me to fall to the floor and hold my stomach. I would have screamed but I could not make a sound. The pain in my stomach was worse the anything I had ever felt before. She then grabbed my chin with her right hand extremely tightly her nails digging into my face pointed it up so I was looking her blue eyes and she said sternly "if you ever tell anyone about this I will do something that will make you hurt you so bad death would be better." She jerked my head to my right causing my neck to crack loudly and painfully. She kicked my knee then walked out of the room turning off the light as she left. Leaving me in pain alone in the dark questioning my existence.
From then on every time I would come home my mum would use me as a punching bad to get her anger out. I always wear pants and jackets to hid bruises and scares. I never told anyone. I left for collage and got away from them. I moved states away and never saw my family again except for my brother Caleb.
Look at me now famous singer, dancer, actor, and vloger. I have tons of money and friends. I am not trying to brag just saying that just because you come from bother does not mean you can't make it big. Just remember there is always light even if it's just one star in the night sky. If you follow it, it gets bigger and it will always lead you home.
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This story was a suggestion from dilhowelter07 please go follow her she is amazing and she wrote a really good phanfic called "a smile can hide anything" pls go check it out if anyone is still reading this. I hope there are still people here. Love you all! <3