𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍: 𝟷𝟷:𝟷𝟷 ✅

𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚢.

𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙖 ⓧ

I heard the front door to the house open and I jumped up from my bed, quickly putting a shirt on and fixing my hair before going downstairs. I heard my phone buzz and I took it out to see that Kairi texted me.

shrimp 🍤

11:10 - shrimp 🍤 - help! a jumpscare just happened!

11:10 - me - remember, I'm here kai, it's fine, it's not that bad.

11:11 - shrimp 🍤 - of course it's bad! i hate being scared like this.

And god, I wished I could respond, but I couldn't, my step dad was home and I had to say hi to him, Or else I would get hurt. I got to the kitchen to see my mom in her pajamas talking to my step father, my abusive step father. "Hi Dad," I said plainly as I leaned on the doorway, my throat burning as I said "dad" but once again, he would hurt me if I didn't call him that, "Hi Mattia," He said before going to the fridge and grabbing a beer, me and my mom exhaled and calmed when he left the kitchen and went to the living room, I don't get why my mom can't just leave him.

My mom and Marco met a couple years after my dad died. They got along pretty well and started dating, he moved in and I immediately hated him, he just gave off a weird vibe that I didn't like, and I feel like my mom moved on too fast, they got engaged and had a whole wedding, I hated it, My mom and real dads wedding was much more fun. My mom got invited to a baby shower from someone at work, one of her co-workers I think, and this was gonna be our first time going out all together to a party, my mom had asked me to help her put her necklace on and I saw a huge bruise on her shoulder, she tried to cover it up but I had already saw it.

One time, I came home from school and her lip was bleeding and she had a bruised up face, I felt so bad, and I knew that it was Marco, I've begged her to leave him, multiples times on multiples occasions, but she's too scared to. And we're both too scared to go to the police. He's only hit me a couple times, but it's still bad, one time, I stayed out a little later than curfew and when I got home, he beat me senseless, and I had to lie the next day at school and say that when I was walking home, a couple random guys started beating me up and stole money from me.

But I feel like I can't lie anymore. I just want Marco gone. And I want my life with my mom back. "Did you eat baby?" my mom asked as she put a hand on my cheek, I nodded and pulled her in for a hug, "We'll get out of here soon mama." I promised as I kissed her cheek, "Mattia!" I heard my dad shout from the living room, me and my mom both flinched as he yells basically shook the whole house. "I'll be right back." I told her, she nodded and hesitated before letting go of my arm, I took a deep breath before shuffling to the living room and asking him what was wrong, "Is everything okay?" I asked as I leaned on the couch, "How many times have I told you to clean up your shit when your done!?" He shouted as he gestured towards my gaming console that was on the ground by the TV.

"B-but mom, she said I could leave my gaming stuff there as long as I cleaned it up and put it to the side." I stuttered as I stood up straight, it wasn't like I was lying, my mom told me it was alright to leave my gaming things down here since I play video games down in the living room a lot when Marco isn't home, so it's just pointless to bring it upstairs, then back downstairs when I wanna play, "I don't give a fuck what your mom says, you listen to me, take your shit upstairs." He demanded, "B-B...M-mom. She said I could," I said as I looked down at my feet, before I felt a hard fist connect with my jaw and I was on the ground.