The Neighbor

Everything used to be so much better when mother was alive. Better yet, before mother met John. It started off great he would come to my soccer games and sing with my mom and I but everything changed when mom got sick. He started getting more angry over small things. I just thought it was from stress. Then words became slaps and slaps became punches. I kept it quiet from my mom because she was already going through a lot. I dealt with the pain from him and my mom dying.