Finding A New Brother

Life at "Home" part 2

Shady had learned by now that she would have to keep a better eye on her baby sister Pan. Nanny would constantly stay passed out or be so messed up that you couldn't understand anything she was saying. Most of the time, Shady had to make sure they were fed and cleaned each day. She kind of understood why Nanny wanted to 'get away' from things at home, but she was way too young to fully grasp the situation. Sometimes, she would sneak out and watch Angel and Nanny get into fights and arguments over money and pills because apparently Angel was selling them to her. Most of the time, Angel would just walk out and drive away without even saying a word to the girls. It really hurts Shady to know how little they were wanted, but she vowed to raise her sister by herself, and never would she treat her kids this way.

On top of everything, there was Mykl, her mom's brother. He was her older brother, but he was born with an open skull along with various other problems. He is a grown man with a 12 year old's mind. To make matters worse, he was a pervert that liked little girls. Everyone knew what he was like and was perfectly okay with it. Shady would always watch him and make sure he wasn't left alone with her or Pan. Shady had caught him with his hand in Pan's pants one night not long after the gun situation between her grandparents. Shady instantly ran over, jumped on his back, and proceeded to beat him with her tiny fists until he let Pan go. She was furious. Nanny and Pawpaw came running into the room after hearing the screaming match between Shady and Mykl. Pawpaw had to pry her off of him. Mykl was pouring blood from his nose and the nice gash over his eyebrow where Shady had repeatedly thrown right hooks to his face. Pawpaw took her to his room. She had thought she would be praised for defending Pan, but instead he decided to beat her with a broom handle for even touching an adult like that. After a while, PawPaw walked out and told her to clean herself and the mess up. It took her about half an hour to get the cuts to stop bleeding and bandaged up and another hour to clean up the bedroom floor. He had hit her so much and so hard that the handle was reduced to basically a pile of wood chips. The whole time she was cleaning up, Shady could only think about having to become a lot stronger in order to protect not only herself but her baby sister as well.