Melissa's Story
Chapter One
Being me was never easy, It never was nor will it ever be. This is the story of my short life on earth part narrarated and part journaled. I am Melissa Janelle Rutherford, I live with my mother and father. Life moves on I guess, but, some things you never forget. I sat crying on my bed, bloody and fatigued from last nights beating. I remember it clearly, my father's words ringing again and again in my head. My arm had a couple of cuts and a large bruise on it. I lie there trying to think of an excuse to give my teacher for every black and blue mark on my small body. I knew she'd ask the same disturbing question as usual. " Melissa, what happened to you?" I had a different answer every time. The last thing I needed was for some one to figure it out, then I would be in deep. He'd give me the beating of a lifetime. I am surprised he had not been figured out yet...