Broken Heart Put Back Together

Hi I'm Claire Sun Winston. I am the twin sister of Dallas Winston, which makes me 17. As you all know Winston's are bad so take a hint of what I am like. I'm a troublemaker but the good thing is I'm not as bad as Dally. I don't like drinking or smoking like he does. I also don't go around hooking up with any person I can find in the streets of Tulsa. I just moved back here from New York 5 months ago. Dally left a long time ago but I stayed up there because of my father and mother. My father is a drunk but my mother is a kind hearted lady. She can't get away from my father and I feel bad for her. When I was real little I lived here in Tulsa with my Mom, Dad, and Dallas. Back then my dad wasn't abusive and we were one big happy family. I knew everyone in the gang and we all grew up together. It wasn't until I was 14 and a half when we moved to New York for my dad's new job. His job stressed him out so much that he became an alcoholic and with the alcohol came the abuse. He would beat me and my mother all the time. He never really laid a hand on Dally but he got it a few times. Dallas left first but I stayed for my mother and I finally had enough of it so I ran away too. My mom said that she would be coming to Tulsa soon but she never came. I've tried going back up there to get her but Dally won't let me. So that brings me here sitting down in the Curtis living room eating chocolate cake with my best friend Two-Bit.

Character rights to S.E Hinton