2. Going Going Gone
Shilo had spent her whole life a sheep. A blind sheep following a false shepherd over a cliff. She was meek, feeble, sickly and weak and that was all she was. At least that's what she thought.
Little did she know that her dear old dad was poisoning her with meds and lies. She took the little blue pills faithfully because she just knew deep in her heart that her daddy would never hurt her. He loved her more than anything, he told her so all the time. He was just...overprotective. He'd only hit her when she was endangering herself or when she was bad. Or when she contradicted him.
Or when she didn't live up to his memory of Marni.
But, even when he hit her, he'd apologize afterward and come around with ice and bandages and soothing creams. He'd brush her wig and rub her back. And what did it matter if his hand was a little too low, his voice a little too gravely? Who cared if his fingers roamed her skin when he thought she was sleeping, leaving burns in their wake, doing..things to her that daddy's shouldn't do?
He loved her. And he was the only one that did
She didn't realize that this wasn't love until he came along and showed her what love really was. Love didn't hurt. Love didn't lie or kill or frighten. Love didn't break you down. It made you strong. It made her strong.
Seeing him in the alley that night had given her the strength to fight back.
And when she gave into the tantalizing feelings she felt around him, the sheep died.
A/N: Song by Stars feat. Emily Haines