The flowers on the other side of the road

Chapter eight

Someone is coming towards me and I know it's Monica. She comes and sits next to me and she hugs me and I start screaming and crying and I can't control my emotions. I stop crying and start taking deep breaths. I apologise to Monica because her shirt is dripping wet. She says it's fine and she also says you can talk to me about anything. I say to her I didn't think the situation was that bad I thought she would just have some bruises and cuts but seeing that opens my eyes and although it hurts me so much to see her like this I also think if she wasn't drinking would this even have happened.

Monica and I walk to the car, We get in the car and drive back home. The sky was grey and it started to rain. It was drizzling at first but then it started pouring. The rain and dull sky is connecting to me I feel dull and upset and need to cry but I hold it in. As we pull up to the house it seems different nothing has changed but I feel like something is different, then I realise what it is. Mum isn't here that is why it feels so different usually when I get home from school she is always here but today is different and it may be different for the rest of my life.