the voice of the bad

the devil lives in my home

I'm Tara and I don't live in a 30 sq. foot home or have the perfect - complete - happy family, my family's broken, we were happy once until my mom
overreacted and dragged us away from our military father that i haven't seen in almost 10 years . Momma left us . She left us with her no good boyfriend who drowns himself in alcohol and smoke, his life aint gonna last I tell you . He's not the kinda guy he was when he first set foot in this house, he got fired from his job and thats when he started being careless and just gave up so momma left us to go to Canada and worked there for a while and its been 5 years I haven't seen her and the money we get from her, Jerry moms boyfriend takes it to only himself just leaving us with bruises and marks. He hits us and

that's when i changed

Tara you're late

You don't say Chuck

Mister Harper

Chuck Harper, Harbuckle Harper, They call you chuck .

Miss Levine

Yeah I know I'll shut up

Thank You

I sat in the back of the seat and snatched my phone out my back pocket, slouching and not caring about this class - history probably the most class i hate just because its too damn easy . Like who cares about world war 1 ?

I raised my hand having a question that'd always have my classmates laugh but this one kinda is serious for somewhat reason .

Yes, Tara

Why are you teaching the past ?

Because it is important

Why is everyone so focused on the past ? The past that was full of wars and no good, who would want to go back and rummage through the history books all about the past when you have your whole present life to teach about todays government, about how straight fucked up it is
now than before -

Tara, don't ask me these questions I don't have time .

They say ' don't let the pass hold you down ' but what is this ? The whole entire world is fond of going to the pass and letting it bring everyone down .

Tara

This is ridiculous I can't even believe that -

You have detention

Now anyone else want to have detention with Tara ?

Mr. Harper looked around and whispered to himself ' good ' I rolled my eyes in disgust . Right after the bell rang my stupid history teacher yelled and pointed at me saying to stay fifteen minutes after class for detention, how cute . sarcasm .

' What are you doing here? ' Jerry drunk walked on our neighborhood streets carrying a bottle of Sauza - half finished

' you are drunk ' my brother poked him on the cheek

Jerry pushed Harvey to the concrete floor, Harvey started crying and I was tired so tired of his bullshit I stood my brother up and talked to Jerry like he deserved to be talked to

' Listen to me bitchtits, if you need to hurt someone it should be me, not my brother and not my sister . You are a worthless drug addict who has done enough damage to us, it's time that i stood up to a ruthless, careless, stupid person - you . I don't need you . You don't deserve my mother ! ' I yelled at my very last sentence

He slapped me in the face

' I DONT GIVE A FUCK ! ' he yelled

He hit his half emptied sauza beer bottle on the tree and threatened to hurt us .

' run to the house and lock all
the doors and window, take as many clothes as you can and bring it to my room and barricade yourselves in there, ill see you there . run run run ' i whispered pushing their backpacks

As soon as I heard my siblings say they locked and barricaded all the doors I ran towards the backyard and barricaded it with a tall heavy cabinet that had all the tools in it . I climbed way up my room, it was risky and dangerous but I had to help my brothers and sisters . He wasn't drunk enough to climb over the fence, he tried climbing the wall but he couldn't he got a hold of my foot, i was hanging off the second floor window headed to my room .

' i can't, JERRY LET GO ' I yelled

He was 5 feet off the ground, i kicked my right foot to his face and he fell flat to the bed . I got up and barricaded my room door with my desk and tied the door knob with my closet door knob . I helped them pack all these things and after I wrote a letter hidden behind my sony flat screen tv then took the rope ladder and climbed down first to make sure that Jerry wasn't around lurking . We escaped to the front yard where I dropped my keys at, he was there 500 ft away from me drinking .

' GET IN THE CAR NOW ' I yelled clicking my car open

' seatbelts ? ' i asked

they all nodded and i drove off in my rover . I stopped for gas, a 45 dollar gas to make it full . I didn't know where to go, or what to do .

I'm scared