Harper
Those screams.
They were like nothing I had ever heard before , and I knew about screaming. I had done enough of it when … well those first few times he had hit me I had screamed and cried out but I had soon realised that it just made him angrier. I had learnt quickly to take my beatings silently.
I also knew how I had left Bat and Sarah, I really didn’t want to believe he would hurt her but… I wouldn’t take the risk that the person screaming was being hurt. If someone had helped me, if they had phoned the police or knocked on the door things may have been different for me.
It was that thought that had me stuffing my feet into my shoes, I had slipped into fresh pjs as soon as Jett had left. It had seemed a bit pointless to wait around half naked.
Heading out the door , I pause
