EILA
is that
s she heard the holler from her fathe
pened her little wardro
t home. Thank God her lit
he wardrobe and then covered h
ever find
only hop
finds her wher
d never get a
hope. She could
going to come.
lani
r, she pressed her lips together, clos
lanket
led as she felt his
palpitates
feel it in
palms together as tears
he previous beating that she
tch
e wardrobe door was open and her father wa
bitch," he said and sh
er fluttering eyes on him an
u hiding
p on her clasped hand
y little
hair, and then pulled h
~
sed his hand to hit me a
ay
eam. No. A
ed around the room and s
a way to tell this little broken heart of mine
never recov
k that he was around and
ose but this was probably
ent. If my brother had heard me scream tha
y, I got
moved over to the bowl that I had placed
and sighed as I s
ad placed it there as
the little plant I kept in the corn
ng. How dare you think
hought attacked me and
me too. There was no sunlight in this room,
dark room to portray how much my life is wither
wouldn't
s cute and that
hone beeped which indicated
ad woken up b
arm was just like an alt
I could
when I was done, I moved over to the bathr
morning and I should be out o
, broken mirror for the last tim
in case my brother arrived home before
I hummed which was just a resort
eyes as I realized that I could miss the bus i
~
as I entered the cafe an
ed my eyes as I snatched my a
between Leilani and Leila
eila mean
Lei
tive," I smacked my tongue a
ng," I flas
e four cups of Iced Amer
was a ques
l her that, "No. I'm not
aid as I prepared
ed after I dropped he
and removed her c
pped my hand in my pocket, removed my phone
" Freya chuckled as she mov
be q
e tonight. How could you spend the night out without telling me fi
" I asked the lady who
he said and I felt my ph
ease," I pleaded a
n last night. I'll be home soon.
s
eturned my pho
, I'm sorry," I said and
der, I nudged Freya and gest
my phone, logged in to my bank app,
mount in there, I sighed an
aycheck for the day,
r all. And I had placed