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Anger surged in me as I watched everyone look at him with admiration as he smiled and waved lovingly at them. They clapped softly for him and I felt a new wave of anger splash on the shores of the island where my past laid, awakening the beast of the island that held the secrets the land had deposited in its safe. It's no longer safe, it's going to be let out, and the beast would be let loose and I will have no calm in me.

And he's here, the man who assaulted me all through the early years of my life, who prevented me from having a happy childhood. Who was responsible for me not being able to dance right because of the pains I got from the injuries I sustained, he stood there smiling like he hadn't committed a single sin all his life…my father?

Mr. Bode Rogers.