deranged father. She had lasted longer than he had expected
this time before she let his father know where they had moved to. He hadn’t believed his mother was truly going to leave
his father until two days ago.
Right before he rounded the corner he saw his brother following closely behind him
trying to pee k over his shoulders. He stop p ed in his tracks when he saw blood dripping from his mother ’ s eye and nose. Her right eye was already swollen shut and purple. She was almost out the front door when his
father leaped over the couch and tackled her to the ground. H is father grabbed h er neck and as he began to cho ke her , he slammed her head repeatedly into the ground.
His ten-year old self stood the r e, shock ed for a moment , as he watched before turning around to his brother. “Go to your room and lock your
door , ” h e said right before he went after his father with the baseball bat that was a few feet in front of him.
With everything he had in him , he rammed the bat into his father’s back and didn’t stop until h is father let his mother go. The only thing wrong with this was his father stood quickly and
went after him. Just as his father reached out to grab him a la m p came sailing from behind him and hit his father in the head. Without looking back he knew it was his brother
who threw the lamp since h is mother was laying on the ground moaning in front of him. His father stumbled just a little bit from the impact of the lamp but he was quickly gaining his balance back.
“Hit him with the bat again , now ! ” h is brother yelled from behind him , snapping him out of his trance.
He lifted the bat and swung it at his father’s legs making him yelp and run out the
door quickly. He watched in like a dream - like reality as his brother ran to the door , locked i t , and placed a chair under the doorknob.
“Help me make sure all the windows are locked in the house and put a stick or something
in them just in case , ” h is brother said as he ran around the house locking the windows before his dad came
back.
He went around the house placing sticks into the windows his brother already had shut
and locked. It never crossed either of the boys ’ mind s that their father could just break the window and enter. After all the windows were
secure , they helped their mother to her bed and placed a bag of frozen peas on her eyes.
His mother let his father back into their home three weeks later. The first thing
his father did when he got back was beat him until he passed out from the pain. He
was out of school for an entire month from the beating. It made him angry at his
mother for letting his father back in after years of beating her. What really pissed
him off was she didn’t say or do anything to his father after he almost killed him , her own son.
During that month , darkness about himself, life, and other people took over his thoughts and body. Dark thoughts cloud ed his mind while stuck in bed. He was worthless, powerless, unlovable, unprotected, lonely, vulnerable, and he promised
himself he would never feel this way again , if he could help it.
He gripped the steering wheel tight ly with one hand and banged on t he window with the other. H e yelled and screamed until he noticed the time on the dashboard was six twenty - five. His body instantly calmed down as he climbed into the back of the van and crouched
down in front of the sliding door. Serenity instantly took over his mind and the
darkness receded some as he began to feel a little b it in control and some power came forward. His mind drifted back to the first time he felt like this.
He was at the edge of their backyard where his backyard butted up with the woods when a lizard came stalking out from the woods. He slowly crouched
down, placed his hands into the grass , and waited for the lizard to walk into his hands. He snapped his hand closed quickly like a mouse or bear trap did when it
this time before she let his father know where they had moved to. He hadn’t believed his mother was truly going to leave
his father until two days ago.
Right before he rounded the corner he saw his brother following closely behind him
trying to pee k over his shoulders. He stop p ed in his tracks when he saw blood dripping from his mother ’ s eye and nose. Her right eye was already swollen shut and purple. She was almost out the front door when his
father leaped over the couch and tackled her to the ground. H is father grabbed h er neck and as he began to cho ke her , he slammed her head repeatedly into the ground.
His ten-year old self stood the r e, shock ed for a moment , as he watched before turning around to his brother. “Go to your room and lock your
door , ” h e said right before he went after his father with the baseball bat that was a few feet in front of him.
With everything he had in him , he rammed the bat into his father’s back and didn’t stop until h is father let his mother go. The only thing wrong with this was his father stood quickly and
went after him. Just as his father reached out to grab him a la m p came sailing from behind him and hit his father in the head. Without looking back he knew it was his brother
who threw the lamp since h is mother was laying on the ground moaning in front of him. His father stumbled just a little bit from the impact of the lamp but he was quickly gaining his balance back.
“Hit him with the bat again , now ! ” h is brother yelled from behind him , snapping him out of his trance.
He lifted the bat and swung it at his father’s legs making him yelp and run out the
door quickly. He watched in like a dream - like reality as his brother ran to the door , locked i t , and placed a chair under the doorknob.
“Help me make sure all the windows are locked in the house and put a stick or something
in them just in case , ” h is brother said as he ran around the house locking the windows before his dad came
back.
He went around the house placing sticks into the windows his brother already had shut
and locked. It never crossed either of the boys ’ mind s that their father could just break the window and enter. After all the windows were
secure , they helped their mother to her bed and placed a bag of frozen peas on her eyes.
His mother let his father back into their home three weeks later. The first thing
his father did when he got back was beat him until he passed out from the pain. He
was out of school for an entire month from the beating. It made him angry at his
mother for letting his father back in after years of beating her. What really pissed
him off was she didn’t say or do anything to his father after he almost killed him , her own son.
During that month , darkness about himself, life, and other people took over his thoughts and body. Dark thoughts cloud ed his mind while stuck in bed. He was worthless, powerless, unlovable, unprotected, lonely, vulnerable, and he promised
himself he would never feel this way again , if he could help it.
He gripped the steering wheel tight ly with one hand and banged on t he window with the other. H e yelled and screamed until he noticed the time on the dashboard was six twenty - five. His body instantly calmed down as he climbed into the back of the van and crouched
down in front of the sliding door. Serenity instantly took over his mind and the
darkness receded some as he began to feel a little b it in control and some power came forward. His mind drifted back to the first time he felt like this.
He was at the edge of their backyard where his backyard butted up with the woods when a lizard came stalking out from the woods. He slowly crouched
down, placed his hands into the grass , and waited for the lizard to walk into his hands. He snapped his hand closed quickly like a mouse or bear trap did when it
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