HOW DARE YOU!

By FionaDearest

Instead of going to gym class, I went back to Uncle Reuben's. We had a score to settle. I walked into the nice house. I used to envy them, but not anymore.

"Home from school early?" Aunt Clara asked. I didn't answer. "Where's Uncle Reuben?" I asked. "Living room," she answered.

I walked into the living room. Uncle Reuben looked at me. "Why are you home so early?" he growled. I didn't flinch. "How dare you!" I cried instead, and he looked at me with curiosity.

"You perverted sexist!" I yelled at him. "I know what you did to my mother!" I didn't, but I would make up things if I needed to. "WHAT?!" he yelled. I took in a deep breath, and he slapped me across my face. I fell backwards.

"You little bitch!" he screamed at me. "You're corrupting my Jennifer and turning her into some kind of whore, just like you! I hope you burn in hell!" I got up and he grabbed me. He threw me onto a chair, pulled down my panties, and started hitting me harder and harder.

"You did the same thing to my mother!" I said, "Just like you did to me! You raped her!" I fell off of the chair, I was so numb. Aunt Clara came in just as Uncle Reuben threw a vase at me. "Reuben!" Aunt Clara called out, finally standing up for herself. "Stop hurting Raven! She's done nothing wrong!" She looked down.

I smilied at Aunt Clara, "Thank you," I whispered, just as I passed out.

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When I woke up, I found myself in different surroundings than I recognized. "W-where am I?" I asked. "The hospital," the doctor (I guessed) answered me. "W-why? Where's Aunt Clara?" The doctor looked down. "I'm very sorry, but she was killed." I gasped, No! I screamed inside, No!

A few days later, I was dropped off at the Tooey house. I bunked with a nice but sarcastic girl named Brooke Okun.

After all that had happened, I still could not get all of the memories out of my head. I cried for Aunt Clara, who had been killed by Uncle Reuben, for standing up for me . . .

"Raven! Raven Flores!" I awoke the next morning to hear someone calling my name. "Raven, get up!" I put on some clothes and followed the voice. It was Louise Tooey calling me. "Yes?" I asked.

"Someone is here to see you," she said sadly. I looked over her shoulder and gasped. "Mama!" I cried. "Yeah, it's me." She said, "C'mon. Let's get outta here." I ran to hug her and we both walked out of the Tooey household. "How did you find me?" I asked. She shrugged, "Some legal crap."

I smilied and grabbed her hand. She smilied back at me. "C'mon." she said, "Let's get something to eat. I'm starving." I nodded and we left in her car.

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None of the characters belong to me. They belong to V.C. Andrews/Andrew Neiderman. This is just an alternate (more better in my view) ending.