Minnie heard the loud screams as she hid in that small excuse of a bedroom. She forced herself to calm down. She could smell the stench of alcohol in the room and she hated it.
"Minnie!" boomed his voice.
It didn't matter how or where she hid. He had found her. And she screamed.
The next day, she told her dance teacher Emily what had happened. She had to force the words out of her mouth and Emily and her husband Derick, who also worked at Minnie's dance studio, began fostering Minnie that night.
Minnie's second chance had began and for that, she was grateful.
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Second Chance
General Fiction"It always upset me that Emily and Derick gave me a second chance and you never got one,". "Well, finally I have. I'd be a fool to ruin it,".
