Run

Wide Awake

"Lowele!" His crusty voice boomed through the house like thunder. My heart sounded like it would sound my whereabouts like an alarm. I grabbed my mouth as I heard myself whimper. I could see him. I could see him through the cracks of the closet. Like a little girl,I hid from the big bad monster outside my closet. The irony was that monsters were normally inside the closet not out. He walked around the room destroying everything in his path. I closed my eyes and held my breath while a tear trickled down my cheek and I forced myself to close my eyes like its all a bad dream. Thats what people do right?try to fade out reality hoping that it would disappear at the last moment. Suddenly pain struck as i found my self being dragged out of hiding like a rag doll. I gripped my hair trying to lessen the pain as i screamed and begged. I was thrown to the floor. I tried scurrying backwards but my arms felt like they were barely moving as i couldn't see myself getting far enough. I'm not sure if i moved at all.

"you think you could get away from me you cheap whore?you will pay!" He growled.

He backhanded me,leaving a side of my lip busted up and grabbed at my neck as I threw a coughing fit. I was helpless as I tried to pry his hand off. I gasp for air as I felt my lungs giving way. As my vision began to blur,my hands got heavier until I couldn't do anything. Before I realized what was happening I was thrown across the room. My back hit hard against the object behind me. I'm not sure what, but it was definitely wooden. Hard. As I bounced against it and back onto the floor like a tennis ball. I couldn't move. My body cringed in pain as he stared down at me. It was dark, but I could see the smirk on his face through my blurred vision. I saw as he pulled his right foot back far enough that when he released it into my abdomen,I could feel the weight of his boot. I gasp in pain for breath,air that didnt seem to come. I'm not sure how many times he repeated the action until I tasted something vile in the back of my throat. Blood. And at that very moment I welcomed death. It would be better.

He kneeled over me. This was it.

Suddenly there were sirens. And my attacker looked at the window. They were near. My vision began to blur,as my attacker spun me to lay on my back so I could face him towering over my body. I felt lifeless. "Dont worry I'll find you again," he said, he bent over and whispered in my ear to make sure I could hear him,"Til death do us part Lowele,til death do us part" and everything became pitch black.