Derek
I was hiding in my bedroom with my hands on my ears and with my little sister on my lap. She buried her face into my chest and cried silently while I tried to close out the sounds that came from downstairs. My sister Emma was only five years old and she didn't understand yet what was going on. She was simply scared from the shouting. With my ten years, I knew what were those sounds. I tried and tried to close them out but I've had enough. I stood up and told to Emma that we will play hide and seek. I'll go out and count to one hundred but she most hides in our room just to make things more complicated. She seemed to like the idea and started to look around for a great hiding place while I walked out of our bedroom and closed the door behind me. I've heard her beg for him to stop and
