ngry words slithered up the stairs. While I couldn't understand w

it. 'When isn't he angry?' A snide voice in

of my room. Mother had made me promise that I'd leave whenever

e wash the rug herself, along with every other chore she already did, beacuse it made sense to have your wife washing a rug when it would cost next to nothing to have a professional do the job for you. My dad was wei

st? You just ruined them." The sound of weapons

idn't mean to." A smal

mited editions and you destroyed them with your carelessness." There was a loud thwack a

t broken plates, glasses, pots, knives an

r. She was curled in herself, he

ed his hands into my hair, pullin

register on his radar that I wa

aching into the ceramic bowl there and producing two small square gold objects. Cufflinks. They were pretty, engraved with a s

bout?" I screeched, tea

er for dinner tonight. If I lose my promotion because of you and your whore of a mother, I will make your lives a

s boss retired. I didn't understand how that would be our fault if he didn't ge

fully, trying to plead our case. At this

h filth into this house? It stinks in here. I

Some girls poured dirty wat

trying to get his hands off my head. "You stupid whore, just like your mother. You went to school to

t mother. I'd never heard her sound so assertive before. A slow, malevolent smi

eh?" He whispered

didn't do anything." Mother's babbling ended o

no one will question me. Do you understand?" He shook her vigorously. "Do you?" She nodded frantically and cried some more. "You have greatly upset

rner. Not that I wanted to go to school af

m replacing the cufflinks with your coll

ney to go to school. You already spent most of it, n

?" Father growled, spitt

. It's Kiera's." Mother re

ck wall. I stared in bemusement at the crumpled mess that was a human being half a second ago. She wasn't even moving...at

llowed, swiping angry

at difference does i

chest. He pushed me away like I was nothing but an irritating fly. I

in a lethargic state where I could see the stainless steel of our sink but not much else. I didn't know how long

Frank." A voice sa

me and tell me h

es at once. Eyebrows will be raised and then you won

ded like my father's yelled continuously, mutterin

cion will be cast on you. Accidents happen all the time." The voice answered wryly. Some more discussion t

hing soft, it wasn't as coarse as the other man's arms. Soon, I felt myself moving. That wasn't right, it was the something I was pla