CHAPTER 1

Zoe's POV

"I can't do this anymore, I'm leaving, I can't stand this, all of this am sorry" Jack yells.

"You can't stand what?, your own  family or does this have something to do with that lowlife whore?" She sees that Jake doesn't reply her, She continues "Wow! Wow!! Wow" she yells clapping her hands vigorously. "How could you do this us, to me" she yells pointing at her self "What have we done to deserve this? after all we've been through together as a family, you throw it all away like it means nothing to you. Did you even think for once before this? Did you think of Zoe? Did you think of Chris? Did you think of us" She says referring to both of them. "You are ruining your own family because of a very disgusting and stupid woman, ....." Stella gets interrupted with a very hard slap.

"How dare you insult Caitlin right in front of me? how dare you?  you've really got some nerve" He yells

"Right you slapped your own wife, you can as well beat me up like you always do, it wouldn't be surprising then. So this is why you've been out so late at night, this is why you treat us like nothing because of some kattin?? Wow impressive, Is she already pregnant or has she got a child already behind our back?" Stella yells back panting.

"Don't push it woman you have no idea on what you are getting yourself into " Jack yells again getting irritated.

"What are my getting myself into if I may ask? What Jake, what? Beating is that it? Look am only taking your nonsense and torture because of my children, not that I care or anything. I don't want to deny them of a Father's love, but it's pretty obvious you don't have love for them but for another woman's child"

"Am leaving anyway so give them all the love of a father an that of a mother, it won't matter would it?"

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I lay on my bed scared stiff with tears flowing painfully from my eyes. I hear everything clearly from my room, my dad is finally leaving us after all the emotional heart break and abuse we have gotten and endured from him. How would we cope? How would Chris cope without a dad ,am 17 I can manage but Chris, he's just an 8 years old boy who knows nothing about the world yet, but needs a dad in his life. How would we start all over again? Where do we even start from? All this thoughts continue to linger in my mind when my mom suddenly walk in with tears stained face, swollen eye lids and bloody, swollen mouth obviously tortured by my dad. I didn't even realize that the screaming had stopped when she walked in I had been so deep in my thoughts. When she got closer enough to my bed I sit up to see that she's been crying for a very long time.

My mom speaks up after observing that I too have been crying

"Zoe I just want you to know that your dad and I love you and your brother very much and we would never do anything to intentionally hurt the both of you because whatever we are doing we doing for both of you so we have deci..."

"I know mom ,I know dad is leaving us for another woman and this time for good" I interrupt angrily.

"No dearie, your dad lo...."

"Ohhh mom spare me the excuses and don't try to make dad look like a good person, I know he does not care about us, all he cares about is his new family also don't think I don't know he hits you like all the time if not where do you get all these black eye, so don't make it sound like he is making a sacrifice when clearly he isn't" I interrupt again.

"I know you are mad at your dad but you have to believe me when I say he loves you so...."

"Mom stop it and you are wrong I'm not mad at him I abhor him , I hate him so much and he can go to hell for al...."

"That's enough stop" she yells interrupting me this time. Silence envelopes the whole room. I decided not to speak again.

She finally breaks the silence"Zoe am really sorry its just that I've been through enough already I just need you by my side and it will be alright OK?"she says softly.

"Fine" I say again. "Have you thought of how you're going to tell Chris?,am sure he's gonna be so shattered" I reply still irritated but I had to stop yelling because of my mom's cold voice, really I was boiling mad inside and disgusted with my dad, I used to love and adore him so much well before he became a monster, but now I feel like I don't know him anymore, I feel like I've finally lost him today.

"Not yet, I was thinking when he got back from his sleepover, you know...don't want to ruin it" she replies slowly

I keep looking at her pondering over all this mess when she continues.

"Can I have a hug, please dearie I need it." I look at her some more before giving in. We remain like that before I decided to speak.

"I love you mom so much" I say meaning it.

"I know and I love you too" she replies softly.

"Mom'' I say my voice colder than I had expected

" Hmm" she replies feeling sleepy

"What happens next?" I ask half thinking

"As in?" She asks releasing the hug to look at me.

"What do we do now that dad is finally gone?"

"We will figure something out okay, now go to sleep it's late" she says drifting off to sleep.

I knew from now onwards our life was going to change but I hope it was for good at least the worst had happened...

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