I lay in my bed till my mom dumps cold water on me I feel from my hair to the bottom of my tippy toes my skins feels frozen
I get off my bed staring at my mom
"Hurry up"
She yells
I nodded and get ready for my day
I dry myself off and put on a pretty dress a pretty dress that covers in sunflowers and the background is blue a pretty dress that my brother gave
"I don't get why you wear a dress you still look ugly"
My father says
I sniffle in my arm and nod my head
I am ugly like my father say mommy says it too I don't why brother calls me pretty
"Your haircut after school"
My mom says as she grabs my arm and shoves me outside
I straight myself off and walk to the bus stop
Walking back to the house I open the door and my mom grabs me and drags me to the bathroom
She cuts my hair and keeps cutting it till it gets really short like a boy I don't like it miss my long hair I wanna cry but I don't because I know I'll get beaten more if I do I watch mommy sweep my old hair I feel itchy top to bottom hair all over my skin
"Shower now"
My mom points to the shower and turns the water really cold
Its so cold I don't want to be I the shower I hate shower time it's always so cold
I squeeze my arm till it turns purple
Mommy turn off the water and throws a towel at me and I sniffle in the towel
"Go back upstairs I don't want to see you"
I go upstairs to my room for the rest of the day
"Sissy I am home"
My brother says and I run to the door
"Did mom do that"
I nodded my head
"Do you want to leave"
I nodded
"Do you want to come to stay with me"
I nodded my head
"Okay ill fight for you I promise can you wait for that long"
I shrug
"It won't be long I promise "
I nodded
"Okay I'll be back"
He leaves me brother leave me he can't leave I want him to say stay for me brother
I go back to my bed and lay down fall asleep
Sleeping forever
Months later brother pov
"20 years in a maximum security prison you got justice for your sister"
That what the media says
But 20 years isn't enough no amount of years can bring justice for killing your own innocent child
a mute sweet little 8-year-old who lived through to so much abuse and it all my fault I couldn't save her sooner she could be alive at this moment probably coming home from school right now smiling maybe at the fact she gets to come home to me and not the people raised me
"She was the devil"
They said
Why tell so many lies those fools
Damn them if she
No words can explain how perfect of a little sister she was and how a terrible of a big brother I am
