r a i n The annoying sound of my phone ringing has me turning over in my bed , groaning loudly as I blindly feel around my bedside table for my phone . When I feel the cool metal , I wrap my fingers around it and answer without even looking to see who it is . "Hello ?" I croak out , rubbing the sleep out of my eyes with the back of my hand . "Rain ." The voice drips with poison , the sound of her voice bringing back memories of threats , beatings and pure fear . My mother. My eyes shoot open , tempted to hang up but knowing that I can't do that because of the fact that my little sister still lives with her . Her voice is void of any emotion , my name rolling off her tongue sounds like a curse word and I fight the urge to wince. "Mother ." I grumble , pushing myself up to sit against t

