"Mary's missing."
"What do you mean?" Tami asked.
"She finally woke up and I went in to check on her and she wasn't there." A scream of help came from the distance. Tami, the nurse, and Dustin all went running toward the scream. They found Kevin cornering Mary in the bathroom. The nurse sent a notice through her walkie-talkie. A police came and took him away. They brought Mary back into her room. Luckily, he didn't get the chance to do anything to her.
"Mary what has been going on?" Tami asked.
"He…he's been beating me." Mary managed to say through sobs.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?" She asked.
"Yes, because I'm just gonna come up to you and say, Kevin's been beating me. That's not how it works Tami! This isn't Cinderella! My prince isn't just gonna come and rescue me." Mary screamed. "Guess what Tami, my prince got shot, because of me!"
"Mary!" Dominique screamed. "How dare you make Kevin go to jail."
"I'm sorry." Mary pleaded.
"Miss, the police wants to speak with you." Amanda softly said. Dominique left to find the police.
"I'm sorry." Brit apologized.
"For what?" Mary questioned.
"For everything. For being so mean to you and for what Kevin did to you."
"It's not your fault." Mary looked down at her red hands.
"I knew it was going on. I've been down that road…"Brit started.
"Brit, lets go Mom wants us now." Bree stuck her head in the door. Brit walked over to the door with tears in her eyes.
"She's been down what road?" Dustin asked.
"This is all my fault!" Mary yelled, blaming herself for everything. One problem that she had was she thought everything was her fault.
"No it's not. You can't control what Kevin does. This is our world. This is a harsh world with harsh people." Tami informed.
"But it doesn't have to be! If everyone showed a little bit a kindness, it'll go around the world. Like a chain reaction."
"I know I read your essay." Tami said.
"It's not that good."
"Are you kidding me Mary. That is the most amazing essay I have ever read. You expressed yourself so well in it. After all you've been through and you still think everyone is nice."
"They are! You don't know what kind of past Kevin has had. Maybe he had mental problems. You just don't know!" Mary expressed with passion. "You just saw the good side of Brit. You never sat down and talked to her and tried to find out if something was bothering her or if she had something on her mind. I mean look at the past she came from. She has no Dad and Dominique doesn't care what she wants. Dominique only does what Dominique wants."
"I guess Dominique is nice too."
"Yes. Everyone has a nice side. If you look deep enough you'll find their light and you have to help it grow. Although they express themselves as mean, they still deep down are nice. Again you don't know what kind of past she came from, what she's been through. You don't know. And that's the problem with this world. We base people on the first impression. Everyone has their bad days. You can't just judge people on first impressions. Keep talking to them. The best thing we can do is show compassion and kindness toward that person. Compassion is the greatest thing humans have to offer."
Sorry it's short. If anyone has ideas please let me know, because I have a little bit of writers' block. I'd like to thank my reviewers. Review to see what happens next!
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