Control Freak By ToT

I don't own newsies. But they're sure fun to cuddle with!!!! ^_^ various newsies try to escape ToT's grasp

Opening Comments: Eh. None really. Nothing new besides a chapter. Yeppers. Have fun reading!! ^_^

Shout Outs~

Slick~ Here's another shout out just for you, Slick. pouts Spotty forgot about me. I'm glad that you love me! ^_^ And of course I left you with a cliffhanger. It's what I do. ^_^ Heh heh. XD. So here's your update - enjoy!! Luv~ ToT
Chapter Seven

We were poor - always had been and I just figured that that's they way things were. I never knew any different.

I hated when people who had more money than us would treat me differently because they thought I was a deprived child. Relatives would give me extra presents at Christmas and birthday. I smiled stiffly and thanked them because that's how my parents taught me.

See, contrary to popular belief, even though we're poor, we typically have better manners than rich people. We're not stuck up. We know how to live and we know what it's like to have to work for our money. It's not given to us on a silver platter. There's good times and bad times and we're not afraid to say, "Yeah, I can't pay for that because we don't have money". We don't hide it. It doesn't matter to us.

But the struggle will drive some people mad. People like my mom.

She married into the poor side against her parents' wishes. She was cutoff from her family and any and all money that they had.

She was one of those people that couldn't take all the emotional pressure and all the ups and downs to life.

Eventually, she started poisoning my dad.

I only found out because Dad knew. He had known for sometime that she had been putting poison in his food, but he felt that, by letting her do so, he was helping his family. He knew that it would make Mother happier, in a better state of mind, and a better mother for me when he was dead and she collected the insurance money.

Hell, cause when you're gone, no one bothers to investigate why unless a family member tells someone to.

But when you've been forgotten, who's left to investigate?

Closing Comments: Oh, I'm sorry. Were you expecting to find out about the mother in this chapter? Oh well. Next chapter, I promise. Keep reading and review me, pwease!! ^_^ Luv~ ToT