Disclaimer: In The first chapter.

Chapter 7: Trista's Worst Night

"I HATE YOU! I'VE HATED YOU SINCE I WAS FIVE!"

A resounding slap was heard throughout the first level of the house. The silence after the slap was deafening. It was almost as if time had stopped only in that house. Two sets of similarly toned blue eyes glared at one another. One set had a look of pure hatred while the other held remorse hidden behind anger.

"Go to your room, you will not be seeing your grandmother for a month. It seems you have picked up on some of her unruly habits." His voice gave no room for argument.

"I hate you and this house, I wish I was never born. You are nothing to me." Walking off she walked up to her room. A slam could be heard through out the house.

Rory looked off into space, her body was numb from the last fight she got into with Tristan. Ever since their, his, daughter hit him when he choked her four years ago he had become more brutal in his punishments for her.

Standing up in the middle of her husbands tirade, she walked into the kitchen to get ice and a towel to take up to Trista.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?" Tristan asked in his usual annoyed voice.

Flinching at his tone she knew she was in trouble for the way Trista behaved later.

"I'm taking this up to our daughter or do you not remember hitting her because she looks so much like me?" She knew mouth was the cause of so much of her troubles, but she was to the point where the physical pain was the only thing she felt.

Looking in to the mirror, Trista was thankful that it was summertime. It was easier to hide a bruise by not going anywhere until the bruise healed. It wasn't the first time he slapped her for a comment here and there. Hell the first time was a year ago. She could remember it like it was yesterday...

A/N: a quick teaser for you guys until I find my inspiration, and get adjusted to my moving and changing schools in the middle of my senior year. I will have this chapter finished as soon as I can. But I make no guarantees that it will be in less than a month.