The trees blurred as i ran past the. The freezing wind blew rain onto my face. My feet sunk into the mud as i ran. I am running from my past. As i continued on a flash of lightning streaked across the blackened sky. As much as i tried to fight it, a memory flooded my mind. I was back in my house sitting doing my homework. I heard the front door slam and i knew the pain that was coming. I hid behind the couch hoping my dad would pass out on the couch. "Jessie get your ass out here now!" he slurred. I winced at every step he took. A shadow loomed ofer me and i looked up to see a monster. He grinned showing off his yellow crooked teeth. He pulled me up by the hair and punched me in the stomach. Then he threw me down and kicked me a few times and stumbled off. As i lay there i knew one day i was going to die from the beatings, right after that thought i blacked out.

Sudenly i was back running through the dense forrest. i started to feel a pain in my legs and i grea breathless and tired. But i am too terrified to even think about slowing down. Then another memory surrfaced. I was back in school trying my best to be invisible. I never talked with anyone, i never spoke up in class, and i never had friends. It was the easiest way to keep my secrets a secret. i could never join a club, go to the movies, or have any fun because i had to deal with the pain my father inflicted on me and mom. Of course the teachers saw the bruises and the black eyes but they never carred enough to do something.
I was thrown into today's erlier events.

I came home and heard plates and screaming from the kitchen. I ran in to find the monster looming over my mom as she cried. He turned to face me and beat me till i blacked out. I woke up to mom begging me to wake up. She suddenly handed me a backpack filled with clothes and a wad of twentys. "i want you to run to the bus stop and head to your aunt Silvias" she handed me a small peice of paper. She pushed me towards the door and hugged me goodbye. then i heard the bedroom door slam. The monster was awake. I rushed outside and hid behind a tree waiting to hear screams. But instead i heard 3 steady gunshots. at that moment it felt as if my heart had collapsed. i only had a few seconds to greive for my dead mother, when i heard the monster yell "i know youre out there your next!"

So thats why i am running through the woods. I saw the road and the bus stop. Relief flooded through me. but the a rough hand threw me onto the pavement and i felt something trickle down my neck. I looked up and saw my father pointing a gun at my head. He smiled and pulled the trigger...