Atticus
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  • Reads 3,763
  • Votes 211
  • Parts 8
  • Time 52m
Ongoing, First published Apr 19, 2016
He knew me from the moment I stepped through the broken window.

Studying me. 

Watching me. 

Changing me.

I was unaware of him at first; my life was too out of control to notice. The constant moving and lack of money after Mom divorced Dad was turning her into a different person. All she did was drink and she was now this angry person I didn't want to know. 

But once I stepped through the window inside that house, I could feel the peace surrounding me. Hugging my body as if it had arms. Protecting me. Loving me. It was like the house knew what I craved and it felt too good to question any of it. So I went back, day after day. I hungrily guzzled up the euphoria like a raging alcoholic, reaching for another drink. 

Just like my mother.
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