THE QUEEN OF ALPHAS

My hair stood on end, a shiver raced down my spine, and a lump came to my throat. It was him... the man I had to call father he was home. I could hear every thud he made with his heavy feet. stumbling and muttering under his breath. I knew just by the sound he was drunk. I closed my eyes and took in a sharp, deep breath, hoping he wouldn't come up the stairs. as I sat up in my bed I heard tiny patter of little feet racing to my bedroom my heart was heavy in my chest it was my little sister tallie run to me for some safety she must have heard our father come home. tallie opened the door her face was pale the look on her face told me she was terrified.i opened my arms as she closed the door behind her she ran into my arms shaking in fear shh, shh, little one, it's ok. I have you. I told tallie. she looked up at me with tears in her eyes. I pulled her close to me to make her feel safe. I have been more like a mother to tallie than a sister even though I'm only 16 myself. My name is heddie knox. my mother sadly passed away when she gave birth to my 5 year old little sister tallie. just as I managed to calm tallie down, that's when I heard him. he was coming up the stairs. TALLIE. he shouted. come on, princess, I won't hurt you he said. I felt my blood boil. I won't let him hurt MY LITTLE GIRL. I stood up from my bed. heddie, please stay with me. tallie said. I will be right back, little one. dont worry, I said, kissing the top of her head. I walked to the door and looked back at tallie. little one, no matter what you hear, stay in here lock the door. I said. I took in a deep breath and opened the door waiting to hear the click of the lock behind me.good girl, I whispered to tallie. i walked down the stairs from my room to tallies room. my father was looking under tallies bed trying to find her. she isn't in her room I said to him with my arms crossed over my chest my father rushed over to me in seconds he grabbed my arms and started shaking me. where is she you little b***h he spat at me. I'm ever going to tell you where she is. his hand raised, and a second later, my cheek was burning for his slap. tell me where she is. she's in your room, isn't she. she is my daughter, not yours, so stop acting like her mother. You will never be her. he said throw gritted teeth. STOP I shouted as he pushed passed me and headed to my room. i ran past him and stood firm at the bottom of the stairs leading to my room. I wont let you touch her you monster I scream at him. he was about to push passed me until I tripped him up as he was lifting is foot to the first step he fell banging his head hard on the hard wooden steps. S**T I spat bending down to see if he was still breathing. he was but unconscious. some times I didn't know my own strength and I wonder where it comes from especially when I'm angry and in protective mode over my little one my sister I see red. just then an idea popped in to my head I ran in to my mother's old room getting an old backpack from under her bed I didn't like coming in her that monster destroyed my mother's things photos of me as a child lay scattered on top of an old chest of drawers.i grabbed a few of them and shoved them in the backpack ones of my mother and me.i turned around to see if their was anything else I could grab I went throw my mother's jackets to grab one for myself to wear since I never got new clothes mines had holes in them and were dirty. I pulled one jacket out that i thought would fit me and thats when seen something I hadn't seen before. It was tapped under the top shelf of my mother's wardrobe. an envelope with my name on it . I grabbed it and put it in the backpack. I grabbed the leather jacket. coming out of my mother's room I heard tallie coming down the steps sh*t. she looked at our father on the floor unconscious and let out a gasp. tallie come here please I said. I rushed her to her room. tallie listen to me we are getting out of here right now I need you to get dressed pleased. tallie let out a little sob. I looked at her. hey little one whats wrong. is is he dead tallie stuttered . oh no little on hes taken a nap and will wake up shortly thats why we need to hurry come on get dressed please. we walked down the rest of the stairs in the the living room I ran to the kitchen grabbing what little food we had in the house and a blanket of the kitchen chair. let's go tallie I said as I put the blanket around her. I turned the handle to the back door and opened it. smell that tallie. smell what she said. i laughed and said our freedom.