"That's right! Get your little bitch self out of my house! You better run!"

A slam of a door as one devastated young girl escapes her house. Salty tears swell in Isabella's eyes. She loses the battle of keeping them at bay, and the tears boil over. They scorch her face, burning her flesh. Redemption from the pain comes when she whips away the tears, and lets go of her anger.

The man yelling at Isabella was her father, Sean. She lived with him and her step mom. Her real mom, Topanga, died when Isabella was only 12. It was cancer that took Topanga away from her. Isabella, or Bella as she's more commonly know, was a senior in high school, ready to go off on her own. She thought she could last till the end of the school year, but her father was making that almost impossible. He seemed aware of the fact Bella would be leaving and he wanted to get as much abuse in as he could.

Sean was your typical abusive father. He took out all of his anger on his daughter, with the help of alcohol. He hit her in spots no on would see, like her back and stomach. Afraid of what Sean would do if he found out she told anyone, Bella kept her lips sealed shut. She didn't have many people to tell anyway. She was a very shy quiet person, who didn't easily open up. She only had school friends, none of which would talk to her outside of school. Her mother's death had attributed to her introverted-ness. With her mother gone, and a father who was beginning to show signs of being abusive, Bella learned that she had to rely on only herself.

Bella walked around her neighborhood a couple of times, just letting her feet carry her wherever they felt necessary. She took many deep breaths, trying to calm herself. In a few months she would be off at college, finally living her life without fear. As she walked she began to notice how everything seemed surreal, but somehow very peaceful. She let the wind blow through her long, straight black hair. The gentle breeze relaxed her even more. It was as if her mother's essence was in that wind, gently soothing her. Bella started to make her way back to her house when a sudden surge of anger filled Bella. She had just thought about her step mother, Trixie. Trixie, with short, curly blonde hair, retard of a step mother, who saw the Sean doing these horrible things to her and not saying a word.

Bella wiped more tears from her eyes and started walking away from her house, back around the block. Bella's real mom would have stood up for her. Topanga would have saved her. Bella took two more laps around the neighborhood, trying to forgive Trixie for her lack of courage. Finally Bella turned back toward her house and took a deep breath. Hopefully her father had passed out from the alcohol by now, or at least found himself something else to do. If he confronted her again, she just decided now, she was going to stand up for herself. After all, she could not be killed.

Bella walked the path to her front door with caution. She immediately knew something was wrong. The door was wide open, swinging on its hinges in the breeze. She walked to the door, and stopped right before she went inside. After seeing what was in the house, she wasn't sure she should go in.

"Oh my God." She whispered to herself and tried to remain unknown.

Trixie was leaning on the wall across from the stairs, with a dead look on her face, maybe because the top of her head was missing. Blood was on the wall behind her. In front of Trixie was Sean and a man standing over Sean. He had one hand holding up Sean, who was hanging in his hand like a rag doll, and the other hand he was pointing his index finger at Sean's head. There was a red circle appearing on Sean's forehead, which began to drip down his face. Seconds later, the top of Sean's head fell off.

Bella was too terrified to move or to call for help. Here was a man killing her father, and she knew she didn't feel the proper sadness one should feel. A small gasp escaped her lips as Sean collapsed onto the floor right next to his dearly beloved. That's when the man, the murder, looked up to the doorway. He stared at Bella with a blank face, then his mouth formed an undeniable smile.

"Hello Bella."