on in case you do not know my name, but I'd prefer

ing compared to others that befell me, if you don't mind being patient going through my story. Hopefully

op, and I also did not explode. Instead, they made me smarter. I read mystery books, thrillers and fantasies or general kid books. I read teen fiction too but I stay

the alert at these times) but most times, I also fell asleep reading into the night. It didn't mean the book was boring, it

cause mom did paint sometimes too, if she wasn't too tired. My pai

is my belief that they don't, because all the pets I've got right from age thr

ul brown-eyed cat, she died too. My vet doctor said she was poisoned but no one could trace

be afraid of something I did not know. Suddenly, it went off without me, making me lose grip of his latch. He went off running and I only realized what he was running from later-- it was a car driving dangerously down the road. The car hit Batty as h

ught that I could not protect him. It's not

old her to stop buying me animals. Maybe I was not old enough to take care of them. I thou

e I did with humans. I always pleaded with them to turn into a huge wolf or leopard or tiger. Mom told me to stop saying that because "Words Are Powerful" but I wante

ant a wild animal or want to be o

e I lov

w what to say to that. I painted many pictures of wolves of different

t's talk about my hou

e called one because I was always at the top of my class. I attended one of the best and most expensive schools in town. And I was the only one who attended that school a

we go on, but for now, let's talk about the kids in Kangaroo Estate. All of them liked me because I was not proud, and because I was pretty and lively and smart. They never pointed at my big body

n, nine, seven, six, four, three or

ot of kids to play with--Lucy, Rihanna, Mac, Gregory, Pamela, Finn, M

of goods. All of them knew that Cameron beat my mom because who would not hear her screams and the sound of his whipping every afternoon or night? Everyone also

'd stop, shooing all of them away from our sitting room where they were gathered as peacemakers. Mike Tony did join them too. Only once because he was not always in his house when dad fought mom. As a matter of fact, he barely was home. Mike Tony was a guy who lived alone in the estate. Cameron didn't like other ne

ng my anger led me to destroy, continuously, in my room. Or I scream. Or punch my bed. Or on really bad occasions, I just lay there, not moving or feeling anything. My class teacher gave a name for it

k about Mike T

rd by loving wolves and leopards. He didn't find it weird but he said, "You can't get one as a pet" and I would say back, "What if it is tamed?" Then, he would shake his head and say, "You're unbelievable". He always said I talked, acted and thought like a grown up

. He played with all the kids because he was always home in the afterno

other kids too but he had a special likeness for me. I could see it in his eyes everytime he hugged me or played with my cheek. He called me 'pretty' many times, and I never heard him call any other kid that. He bought

I didn't know why, but I knew that their parents were involved. My own parents never stopped me from going into his house. Well, mom did stop me sometimes, if she was at home. She'd call

ack?" I would innocently say since she wasn't sending

'll never know why mom always acted

om

d.

Oh. So she had hea

angry like I thought it would be, owing to the fact that she

e. Only I don't know the reason for that. And the silence? You know, parents' sile

tedly, in order to hide my lie. Actually, it was 'Adventures of the Omegas', a book abo

shopping. You and me, We will

aybe she'd let me go back to Mike Tony. If I told her the truth about the title of the book, she'd never let me go. She found it disturbing and e

me, holding my shoulders an

ng, I'll try. I'

d it to me. You know t

(Of course she can read and write well) but mom was always so

everyday. Tired from the tying to the wall and 'heavy spanking' that Cameron did to her virtu

e of my teachers saw my torn dictionary and punished me. He didn't understand how much seeing the word 'migraine' o