When The Sun Sets

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙾𝚗𝚎

"Breaking news tonight as a 14 year old girl named Kasity Green took her life earlier this evening. Kasity went to Little Lobster High..."

I am shocked when I hear my daughter's school mentioned. So I pay attention. I don't recognize the little girl but I do recognize the struggle. The fighting...the courage..

"Two fellow students, 14 and 15 year old Gracie and Kendall Gray, were arrested for aiding Kasity with resources. Now to Shelia who is...."

I'm speechless. They show pictures of her and the other two kids.

"Hey mom I'm home." My daughter Abby walks through the door as I quickly put my jacket back on. I've been able to hide them since she was a little kid. I don't think she's ready to know yet.
"Hey sweetie. How was school?" I pretend to clean up the kitchen as she drops her bag to take off her Docs.
"It was ok. Did you hear what happened to Kasity?" She says taking one shoe off and looking up at the ceiling.
"Yeah I did. Were you two friends?
"Yeah we were" She takes off her other shoe and grabs her bag. She turns toward the hallway. I turn to the fridge and am about to tell her I'm sorry when I hear her door close.
"Nevermind..."

𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛...

"Honey you hungry? I knock on her door.
"No, I'm a good mom, thanks." That's the first time I've heard from her all night.
"Ok. Goodnight Honey. I'll see you in the morning?"
"I don't know if you will. The girls and I are going to breakfast before school."
"Oh ok. Well I'll see you after school."
"Probably not. I'm going out with Eric after school."
"Oh umm. When will you be back?"
"Mommm I'm staying the night with Jessie remember?"
"That's right. Well I guess I'll see you sometime tomorrow."
"Okay goodnight mom"
"Goodnight honey."

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚠𝚘
(𝔸𝕓𝕓𝕪)

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚢,
𝙷𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚋𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚙. 𝚂𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠'𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝙴𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚆𝚎'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝚆𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙. 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠.

She climbs into bed and turns off the light. Trying to sleep, fighting against the pain in her stomach. She rolls over onto her back and starts at the ceiling, humming Gym Class. She gets up and grabs her phone, turning on the song and raping along with it. Slowly she falls asleep.