Hellborn

See you tomorrow!" Vaspera said as she walked out of the restaurant. It was late and she sighed. She couldn't bring herself to go back to that house.

But she knew she had nowhere to go. Long ago, she had been happy with her mom and her dad. Before her dad died during a fire accident.

Her mom had to move down to Florida, to start afresh. She remembered meeting the man her mother later married. He had bought her gifts and played with her. He always makes her feel safe and happy.

Two years after marrying her mother, he started abusing her. She could remember her mother asking her to go to her room and lock the door after he came back from work. She could hear her mother's screams, every time he hits her while they fight.

She sighed as tears threatened to fall. Closing up the windows, she carried her bag and stepped out.

She felt the cold chill of the night on her face and smiled. Looking at the busy night and people strolling, some with their partner and most of the people alone checking their phones, their faces filled with contentment and a sense of peace around her. she always yearned to be like them. She called a cab and gave him the direction of her home.

No

She is lucky she got more tips today. She has been saving money to pay for college In the city he won't find her. That's even if he will ever know until she gets there safely.

Smiling as the thought gave her hope. She soon got to her house and the dark pouch confirmed that he was not home.

She could use the little peace she gets before he comes back and brings hell on her.

She quickly took a bath, used to the cold water since she couldn't afford paying the heater bills. After bathing, she wore her long free, horrible-looking gown, which she bought a year before. It had always made her safe. Setting the table for his arrival, she sent a silent prayer to her boss, Mrs.

Donald who always makes sure she has free lunch and packs Enough for the both of them.

Silently, she ate her food. Checking on the old phone she had bought back in high school, she checked if she had any emails from the college she had applied to. Most of them were rejection emails. She sigh and continued eating.

She went back to her room after eating and lay on her bed. He had removed the door one night when she tried to use it to push him so he wouldn't enter. He had kicked the door not minding that she was at the back and had sent her flying.

She remembered he had pounced on her, his meaty hands grabbing her breasts and squeezing them roughly while he was grinding against her. Thankfully he was drunk enough to think he was having sex with her. But it only got worse from that day.

She had felt so used and scared but she was too young to go anywhere. A thirteen-year-old whose mother had died six months before, she was still grieving. She sighed as the memories she had always wanted to stay buried, start to come to the surface.

She started to drift to bed when she had a plate clashed. She jumped from the bed and hurried out. She saw him cursing at the plates as he got up. Staggering as he did so, he yelled her name. Vaspera! Fucking cunt! He called." Taking a deep breath she head towards him

" Here I am Dave" he had told her not to call her father anymore.

" Clean that up, you bitch" he snapped. leaving her while he went to his room.

She bent down and started picking the shreds of plates that were scattered on the ground. Quickly grabbing a mop, she cleaned the water on the floor.

Soon she heard the heavy snore and sigh. She rushed down to her room and hopped into bed .. hoping the night would go well.

She had dressed up and was about to leave when he came to the living room looking so haggard and smelly. In his hands were blunt and a bottle of drink. She took in his appearance and held her breath..she pitied him..." He would never survive without her " she thought.

" Where is my breakfast?" He asked looking around. She was confused but decided to reply to him " I didn't make one, there is no food in the house, and you didn't drop any money," she said quietly. She backed up to the door so she could open it whenever she got the chance.

Her mother had picked a house so far from the other houses and they were surrounded by bushes. She told her so she could have a lot of space to play in nature.

Before she could open the door, he had grabbed her shoulder, yanking her back into the house and slapping her with the other hands

She gasped and staggered, trying to find her balance. " What did you say?" He asked while gritting his teeth" You stupid both, you stay in my home, and you tell me I don't have food in the house?" You are ungrateful and stupid" Marching to where she now stands, he grabbed her by the hair, dragging her further into the house.

She tried not to react and just let him drag her but he tightened his hands while still screaming that she was an ingrate.. he faced her now and kicked her across her middle.

She fell and lay there. Knowing if she begged she'll just make it worse. He loves hearing her beg for mercy, while he tells her he won't have mercy on her.

She lifted her hands to shield her face, knowing this was the only way she could defend herself. He kept kicking her frantically shouting why he should have sold her some years ago after her mother died.

She wanted him to stop but he didn't stop, he kept beating and kicking her until she was on the verge of passing out. Her body throbbing with pain, tears poured from her eyes as she lay Waiting for the next act of violence.

She could hear the sound of his belt coming off she knew what would come next. She closed her eyes, accepting her fate, but she couldn't no longer continue like this." No, Not today" her inner mind screamed.

She felt him widening her legs to make space for himself and started fighting him off. His hands struck her cheeks and her pendant came undone.

She could feel her core boiling with some unseen force, something stronger and hotter

Letting out a powerful scream, Al went loose, she opened her eyes when she heard him screaming in agony and the sound. of burning flesh rang in her ears. She noticed a fire burning everywhere but the surprising thing was that she didn't get burnt, instead, she saw her hands burning with fire as it caressed her like a gentle lover.

She stood up, noticing how strong and Clear head she was. Remembered she saved her money in her room. She hurried went in and took the money and ran out of the house.

She didn't stop until she got to the bus stop where she took a bus, not minding where was going.