Chapter 7

After mom threw a fit and banned father from the house, for some reason she invited him back, but she was dressing up nice and fixing the house up as if something special was happening. Later that day, dad came home and more drunk than I have seen him before. He came into the room where I was and started to pack a bag, and he tried telling me something but I only heard mumbling before he left, there was yelling between him and mother. It was then I realize that he had decided to leave for good. We left that dad to give him his things, and mother told me that there was nobody that could save me now. I know I am doomed, I will die but the only thing I don’t know is, when or how.

Chapter 6

Father has been out of the house a lot more often than he used to be now, giving mother more time for coming up with and testing new ways to punish me. Though lately I have been sent out to mow yards more often, and if I don’t meet her quota of money need she has been locking me up in the bathroom with the bucket of chemicals and gas. But after starting school again this year something good did come of it and it was my new teacher. I think that the nurse and principal had told her about how things were at home and she treated me very well in class and sometimes after classes. I felt like I was cared for when she was around, but conditions at home became so bad that eventually even thinking of her helped.

Chapter 5

The abuse and weeks with little food went on for years, soon I just started dealing with it, and knowing what my mother would do for my punishment depending on the crime. Lately though this week she has been constantly threatening to kill me, but that to eventually just wore off. Until today at least. I am not sure if she had meant to do it or not but after being yelled at in the kitchen for my task to wash dishes, she stabbed me. She was rocking back and forth strangely before so until I felt a sharp pain. I only remember waking a few times before blacking out to see her trying to patch me up. After I regained consciousness I was only sent to do the dishes again. I told father what happened and he didn’t care, he never does..

Chapter 4

Mother has started in with the new idea of starving me to the point where she can keep control over me in any way. I have gone for i don't know how long without dinner, and only some scraps at breakfast. I tired to start stealing food at school from the other kids and it only led to being caught which only made school life harder as well as increased beatings at home. But i needed food so kept trying, occasionally attempting to steal from the grocery store a ways from the school to no prevail, and soon from the school lunchroom taking any of the frozen meals i could get without being caught. This also for a short time had worked for me, until mother grew suspicious. She one night forced me to throw the food back p and as a punishment made me eat it.. From then on she would test me after school, and began putting rotten food in the trash knowing i would eat it and become sick.

Chapter 3

Months gone by and mother shows no sign of letting up on her behavior, in fact is seems to have gotten worse. Not too long she began helping with boy scouts, having the kids come to our house. She treated them so nice, and left me out. After a while of it she quit, and shortly after took me to one of my meetings where she made me tell them I have been bad, she took me out of cub scouts after that. And if that wasn’t enough she has been coming up with worse forms of punishment for me, trying to burn my arm, and right after almost putting me into the flames of the gas ovens top burners.

Chapter 2

Christmas is coming up soon, and things in the house are great. Mother brought up all of our decorations a while ago and we have put it up around the house. Sometimes I think that this is her favorite holiday too, because she seems so happy with what all is going on. She always seems so cheerful around the holidays, even though dad is not always around. The car rides to look at the lights and all the food and activities we do, everything at home is great and I couldn’t imagine it being any better.

Chapter 1

It started off like any other day, up early and already hard at work. I was working quickly as I can to finish my chores so I could eat, as mother did not feed me last night. After a swift beating I did manage to finish the chores and get a few scraps of food from my brothers leftover breakfast. Somehow I felt today was going to be different, but I didn’t know why, I was already hungry and mothers angry looks didn’t seem to be as phasing on the way to school. At school I had to go to the nurses office again, almost a routine thing for me by now. However after her examination she didn’t send me back to class like usual, instead I was called back to find out that my secret had been told to everyone the teachers and the principal. And frighteningly to me there was a police officer. I didn’t know why but I knew it must have been m who did something wrong, he took me from the school and called my mother, but I soon found out that I wasn’t in trouble at all, he “freed” me from my home telling me I wont be hurt anymore. I was not sure what it meant, but I was frightened as to what would happen next, but at the same time happy that it was all over.