- 13.
When the grades came, the sister was in her
room.
My mom answered the phone and knocked on
my door.
“You got the best grades! You cheated!”
She didn’t accept it.
She hated me for messing up her test.
“If you had accepted it, you wouldn’t be
messing things up!”
Her phone kept ringing.
The people started calling the cops on her.
[Run! She is not stable!]
[The lawyer will be at the house!]
I sighed.
I pulled my shirt off and showed my scars.
“This is from being treated like a dog.”
I showed the burns.
“She poured water on me.”
I showed the whip marks.
“This is from being hit.”
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[These parents will die! Call the cops!]
My mom was scared.
She started crying.
“They did this to you? I was paying!”
She was upset.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t know!”
I shook my head.
“I don’t want you to be upset. I don’t owe you.
“We’re done.”
I was going to prison.
And I had a life to live.
“Bye” People told me.
[Bye! Live well!]
[I love you!]
I blinked back tears.
And bowed.
“In case I don’t see you, good afternoon,
good evening and good night.”
