Mine for Always [Short-Story]

"My life as a child wasn't exactly full of smiles and joy. After mom had to leave, everything changed. I remembered their arguments almost every night, how dad hit, how he drank, how mom cried, and how I hid. Being too young to understand, everything got to me easily. When my father chased mom out of the house, he threw all his anger at me. I became the target. I hated him. I hated life. At age eight I wanted to die.

Things at school weren't so great either. The kids picked on me, often for crying or because I was the quiet kid. I never really understood why I deserved that. I wouldn't stand up for myself though. I just didn't want to care anymore. But I remembered the day everything changed. The day I was saved by an angel."