Papa, when are you coming back?" I was just seven when my dad left for the army. " Soon little gem... "your brother and mom will take care of you in the meantime. Just count a star every night, for every star you count that's one day closer to when I'll be back." " Okay papa, be back soon.' I said starting to cry. I hugged him goodbye. Then my mom and Jackle did. I counted the stars everyday for 6 months . At the end of those 6 months I waited for my dad by the front door... he never came back. After that night our mom went crazy. She became very abusive to me and Jackle. Jackle usually just pushed her off of himself because he was strong. I'm not. When I was 10 she went and slept with a another guy and he got mom pregnant with my little sister Lili. I'm Onyx, Onyx river. I'm 17, Jackle is 24,and Lili is 7. Mom still abuses me and Jackle, but Lili not as much. Maybe because Lili doesn't remind my mom of our dad. I've had a lot of things happen to me these past years. I've been raped, shot at, and lost the person closest to my heart. But we all have broken souls.
