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Kelly came to open up, She opened halfway not letting me in, she gave a scornful look, before yelling her mother's name, "Mom! Bella is back.

cleaned it this morning... I, Sorry." I lowere

sing up the toilet, as usual. I picked all her dirty clothes which were lying on the floor and took them to the washing machine, cleaning every part of the room, it took some time before I was done with

ine alone, the room me a

the empty ceilings, "Ah...!" She yelled, she ruffled her hair, she looked so confused.

?" I nod slightly, She always had stories to tell, and I wonder why she decided t

till see his face when I close my eyes. Ah... God" she closed her ey

In sarcasm, "Shut up and get back to work Bella. I wonder why m

y bath and went to the kitche

the work I had at hand, I stood at the door to collect his work bag. Kelly ran to him "Dad, your back, what did you

acted as I cared less, I've longed for the love of this father for

he has to be related to me, I have no home except this one, that's why I

k them up. I grew up watching them fight every day with my Mom crying over the things he did at the late hours of the night. sometime

that time, I was ten, She didn't want me with her. "Bella, stay with your Dad OK, mommy would be back to pick you up." She kissed my cheek,

ready to leave when my Dad ca

you going?" He aske

gled with the knob, while she was trying to open it, he continued forcing it close, till he pushed her so hard that her head

om up" he was shaking, He knew

didn't, she laid cold on the floor, her open eyes were l

Megan, your child needs you, please wake up." He was

r and started consoling him. "Don't worry

tell the police? How ca

hers, "Were you at home when she fell?" M

truggled with the door!" I yelled

mouth Aye! do you want to be in the condition your mom's in? Your

dy and repeated, soon the body started to produce an offensive odor, neither my father nor m

me to testify about my parent's habits of fighting, Dad sti

oon Lisa brought her Daughter with her to my house. She was

lower one, I turned. I was never given any rights in the house, Lisa

y face to the side, Why pretend to hav

, "thank you Daddy" befo

re's my husba

out dinner. I have to make the food perfect

tting. "Aunt, the food is here," I said with a false s

irl, she's just like her whore mother." She was insulting my mother again, I tried

you looking at? Ge

eyes on me, and looked around to see who it was, it was a guy, wearing a darker hoodie, he was watching me from his window, It could be the new neighbor. I covered my f

witched on the light, searching for my things. "Bella, switch off the light, I want to sleep" Kelly murmured, I ca

leep came to take over, I get so tir

I cried. It was the day I was forced to eat