THE SPLINTERED NOBODY

Amber Lynn Hodges sat at the foot of her bed wondering why she existed. Her dad was never home, and her mother was always drunk. Between the arguing and the bruises, both mental and physical, she had had enough. She swore she'd runaway forever and never look back, but she had to think about Xavier. Xavier was the only thing keeping her from slitting her wrists at that very moment. She couldn't possibly leave him to suffer in her place. Mom always needed a punching bag when she got full of her joy juice. Mother did a lot of things one should never tell....