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H. Haydt: A Short Story

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She grabs me hard her icy hands are like a brand I look at her in surprise she's never rough with me. Her warm brown eyes are filled with fear and ringed with black; her once sloped nose crooked and bloody. I can't help but look at her long thin arms and pale bruised face and know that in a few years this will probably be me. When her grip tightens I look up again she tells that something bad is going to happen and that I need to protect Sam. I already know this. i knew something bad is going to happen when i saw Rob's truck pull up and, i know that as bad as dad gets rob is still worse. i also know i need to protect Sam. I know he's all i have except for her and, I know that he is going to get out of here if it kills me; I have always known that. When I open my mouth to say I knew this she stops me. She hands me a role of money and tells me to keep Sam safe. When She starts to cry, i'm confused she always said never to cry she said that it showed weakness and made you prey. i look up at her expectantly waiting for something instead she just grabs me and pulls me to her chest i can feel the sobs racking her body as she pets my hair down, and whispers that she loves me and that she's sorry. i don't know what she is sorry for but now i'm scared.
When i wake up i try to shake off the memory of that night but when i open my eyes i realise I’m blind. I wait for my eyes to adjust to the dark but they don’t. I'm getting worried now and I …show more content…

The revelation causes me to snap just a little i can't help but spit in the fuckers face. Hysteria bubbles through me and I laugh like a deranged animal. I can feel him raise his hand to hit me but he doesn’t; instead he laughs and wipes his face.
Now I know I’m in for it, dad never really cared for my petty games but Rob seemed to live for them. I remember the last time he stopped himself, Sam was never the same after that, but then again neither was

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