A Night I Can't Unsee

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I felt like I couldn't breathing, my lungs were burning, my world was spinning around. I stared in the eyes of a monster, the demon, a madman who is supposed to be my father. It was him, me and my brother alone in a room. My father looks at me from top to bottom, as if I were nothing to him.

I look to the right to see my older brother looking at me with fear, terror, frightening at what will happen next. I can see my father getting closer to my brother. He instinctively stepped back, trying to be as far away from him as possible.

I wanted to tell him to leave my brother alone and to never return, but my brother looked at me as if he read my mind and to tell me to be silent. I can see Peter watching our father disgusted by what he will do to our family, how he will destroy the life of me and him.

Pointing at me he said "Look at me PETER right now! Stop looking at her. We must leave immediately!" My father suddenly took my brother arm, before he can say anything.

"Drop me right now, I do not need to go anywhere with you." He replied with power in his voice. My dad looks right into my brother's eyes like he had just betrayed him. He put all his strength in his hand to hit him on his right cheek.

"We must leave immediately before your mother arrives, I'm going to let this little bitch here, but we must leave!" My brother put his right hand on his cheek, because of the pain

"You're not going with my brother! We lived together for 6 years, you will not destroy this family Pat!" I yelled at him. My brother separates from my dad's touch to join me, he squats in front of me and gives me a big hug.

He puts his head close to my ear and said to me. "It's ok little Monkey, we'll meet again one day, I promise you."

My throat burns, my eyes are full of water, I felt Niagara Falls rolling down my cheeks. "Peter," I said while giving him a hug

"It's ok little monkey ."I will miss so much the nickname

"Little Monkey". Peter had started calling me since I was born. He always thought that I looked like a monkey when I came out of my mother's belly. Big ears, wouldn't let go and very annoying.

I look up to see my father with a gun in his hand, aiming at me...

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