J U N I OR
He hit her! He hit Dani! Why am I so surprised? He's done it before. Granted, not in a while. But still…
How could someone hit Dani? I mean sure she can be a brat sometimes, not to mention annoying but she doesn't have it easy.
No one does-Everyone pretends to be in control when they're really not. That's high society for you. But the thought of someone hitting her makes me go crazy. She's just 15. She's going through things I can't help her with. Thing only a mom-or sister, or another girl- can help her with.
Of course that's the one thing I can't help her with.
I don't know who's worse, my mom, her mom ,or dear old dad.
Why did my mom leave. Well, I know the answer to that one. The real question's why didn't she just take Dani in? She wasn't even a year old for God's sake! It wasn't her fault who her parents were.
Granted. When blinded by rage people tend to do things they wouldn't do otherwise. Actually, when asked who's worst, my mom's actually at the bottom of the list.
Secondly comes Dani's mom. I'm more than grateful to her for giving me Dani as a sister. But that doesn't change the fact that she abandoned her as soon as she was born. Nice huh. And she never made an effort to contact her. Did she think she was doing Dani a favor? Did she have any idea of how dad would treat her?
Oh yes. On top of the list is the master of masks. Dear old dad. He always made it clear that there was something in Dani he couldn't stand. It drove her crazy. She was always trying to please him. And he couldn't have been a bigger jerk.
I'll never forget the first time he hit her. She was only 5. That was when he told Dani that her mother hadn't wanted her. Simple and clear. Way to raise a kid's self-esteem dad.
Dani slept in my room that night. The next day dad told me he hadn't meant to hit her. That it would never happen again. And that if I told anyone they would split us up. I didn't believe him. I was eight, not stupid. But as for the telling anyone…
I didn't know back then if he was telling the truth. But I didn't want to take the chance.
Since telling someone was out of the question. I took it upon myself to look after Dani. She was my little sister after all.
She didn't exactly make my job any easier.-Flirting with every one of my friends who were 3 years older than her didn't help.
But I felt like I had to protect her from jacka-ahem, jerks like my dad. Like Ethan.
Ethan. That idiot made a bet with his friends about sleeping with Dani! That was about 3 weeks ago. When Dani found out she pushed him in a lake. When I found out……
Well, let's just say he would have been better off with the lake if he didn't know how to swim. Relax I didn't kill him. Not even close. I wanted to, but it wasn't worth it. But I did beat him up and told him if he ever came near Dani again he would regret it all his life. Matt also wanted a turn with him. Which is understandable. He was my best friend. We- Me, Him, and Dani- grew up together.
That's why I'm getting a place with an extra room. I want to start a new life. But I not leaving her behind.She's the only reason I even stuck around this long.