Walking in to abuse

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(The song above is what rose was listening to when she walked home from school)
I walked in to find my mother slopped on the sofa, passed out with a can of beer on the coffee table. I boiled the kettle and made myself a cup of tea with one stale digestive biscuit. It was the only thing that I had eaten all day. I dragged myself up to my bedroom and sat on my bed, looking at my scars across my arms, shoulders, wrists and legs. It was a surprise that I had so many. This was my wall of shame and I wish that I'd never cut myself, even if it did help. My mother was now stomping up the stairs and I pretended to be asleep. My bedroom door creaked open and I heard her heavy breathing. Her warm breath sweeped my neck. It's was like she was vampire, analysing my blood flow. She punched me over and over. I just layers there and beared the pain.

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