It Gets Better

3.

       𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙏𝙏𝘼𝙉𝙊𝙊𝙂𝘼 𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙎𝙀𝙀
                 8 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙎 𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙍

Angel was 15 years old now. She hadn't seen her brothers or mother in 8 years. Her father wouldn't let her call them especially since he got sole custody.

She still hated it there. The only time she had fun was at school. She had started to hate school at first but she got kicked out the school district and now had to go to school on the East side of town.

She loved it. It was so different and turnt. She knew everybody and everybody knew her. She felt like a hood celebrity in there. She fought a lot now but nobody ever knew because her school just gave in school detentions and never called home or suspended you. It was no point.

Her father and stepmom hated her. She never knew why they even kept her around if that was the case. Eventually she knew it was the child support and needs.

Needs as in they made her clean every weekend top to bottom. She had to cook for her and her sister. She had to wash the clothes. Typical maid stuff.

She counted down the days until she was eighteen. She even tried running away but her friend couldn't hold water not even knowing the consequences. Angel got beat right after.

Angel's best friend's and a teacher at school noticed the bruises on her.  it was hot out. Angel was so nonchalant about the beatings now she forgot she had bruises and wore short clothes.

Her teachers and principal's asked and asked.  angel just wouldn't snitch. She thought it was pointless because what could they do that she hadn't already tried.

Close to the end of the year it got real bad. Angels fed up at this point. She attempted to kill herself. Only to be caught by her stepmom Sarah.

It turned into an all out brawl. Sarah battled Angel for the knife. Sarah was choking Angel. She was starting to drift away. But something in Angels head clicked and she gained energy.

Angel flipped them over. Both throwing blows at one another. Angel only saw red she start slashing the knife around.

𝑇𝐻𝑈𝑀𝑃

Angel started crying when she realized what she had done. She just got up and walked to her room. Closing the door. Staring at the white walls thinking to herself. 10 minutes later her door opened.

" 𝑚𝑎𝑎𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢"