(A/N: Things get abusive, so if you don't like that stuff, you can just skip to the second part of this chapter! {it's when Claire talks about suicide} )
I cry softly as Bill drags me from my chair to the floor. I'm thrown against a wall and it bumps my head as I sit miserably. Bill cautiously looks around, and he soon realizes that the curtains aren't closed.
"Wait here. Now." he commands,
I do as I'm told, silent cries escaping me.
Bill quickly closes the curtains and runs over to me.
"Because the dinner you cooked was disgusting, you're gonna be punished."
What can I do? It's only me and Bill.
There is no one else to save me from this monster.
He gives me the first slap. I whimper in pain.
"I hope this teaches you to work harder, Claire. Because of you, I have nothing to eat for dinner. I'll have to buy myself dinner. Or even make myself dinner. You know what, I probably should just make you make me something else. Yeah, that's exactly what I'll do. Do you understand me?"
He slaps me again, and then punches me in the stomach.
"You're worthless, Claire. Absolutely worthless."
Worthless.
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I've had suicidal thoughts before. Several, actually.
I've always planned on doing it while Bill is at work.
The only reason why I haven't bitten the dust yet myself?
I'm practically already dying, right?
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Once all of the hitting, kicking, and punching is over, Bill makes me make him a sandwich.
Bill will hurt me for anything. Sometimes, he'll just start hitting me for no reason. It sucks.
You probably want to know why I haven't called the police or ran away.
Well, Bill is very smart. He's not a dumbass. He'd be able to find me if I ran away. If I called or went to the police, he'd cover himself up, saying that I clearly was lying and was hurting myself, and that I was clearly crazy.
What about friends? Close family?
I have no friends. I go to school, but I don't talk to anyone.
Everyone in my family thinks that I'm dead because I "committed suicide" thanks to Bill. The only close family that I "had" were on my mother's side.
What happened to my mother?
She killed herself.
Bill hurt her when they got married and I was a kid.
After she killed herself, the tables turned. He started abusing me.
If I ever had a bruise, scratch marks, or anything that showed in public, I would just say that I fell, or that my "cat" scratched me.
This is everything that's constantly happened throughout my life ever since my mom died.
But all of that changed.
When I met him.
(A/N: So now we know Claire's backstory, and unless you didn't figure it out, that Bill abuses her!
But who is "him?" ;)
Oh and Claire will be played by Shailene Woodley! :)
Expect another update soon!)
