I was terrified all the time.

I couldn't go on like this. I was even afraid of my own shadow.

I heard a noise downstairs and I knew Allan was home. He was probably searching the cabinets for his stash of alcohol. He was more violent when he was drunk.

I heard my stomach grumbled again. I was really hungry, but I couldn't go downstairs, because he would see me and find a reason to hit me.

I really don't know why my mother had married him. What had she seen in him? I don't know why I ask that question, because I already knew the answer. He was rich and my mother needed the money.

Dad died when I was ten and we started to have money issues. My mother had to do something in order for us to get by, so a year later she married Allan. She didn't love him and I knew he didn't love her either.

Her Saving Grace

That worked as Jasmine laughed. "Seriously Kevin? Frozen? I didn't know you watch that."


"Um...what? I don't watch it." Kevin denied, getting embarrassed.


"Sure you don't." Jasmine giggled. I looked at Kevin and smiled at his discomfort. Jasmine was really enjoying torturing Kevin. I was just glad that Jasmine was distracted from Tyler.


Kevin threw his hands up in the air in surrender. "Okay, I've watched it once, but that's because my little sister forced me to watch it with her." He defended himself.


"Don't blame your poor little sister, Kev." Jasmine said, trying to hide her laugh. "Admit it, you loved it."


Kevin sighed. "Alright, you caught me. I have to admit, it was a pretty good movie." He confessed.


"Of course it is. It's Frozen. You couldn't say anything less." Jasmine replied smugly.


"What kind of movie is Frozen? I've never watched it." Lucas asked.


"It's a Disney Animation. You have to watch it." I said.


Chapter 17