Disclaimer: See last chapter
~ Chapter Three ~
~ "Sometimes she wishes she was never born." ~
Sonny sat up in her bed again and shook her head, tears ran down her face like they always did and she knew what was about to come. She bit down on her lip as she got out of her bed and walked over to the door, she knew he was going to get her soon, she may as well make sure her mum didn't get hurt even more than she already was.
She opened the door slowly and looked up at her dad, kicking her mother over and over again, shouting at her as her mother cried.
"Leave her alone!" She screamed, it was the first time she had ever stuck up for either of them, and she could see the rage in his eyes when he turned to look at her. Sonny glared at him as she ran over to her mum and grabbed her hand,
"It's all going to be okay mummy, I won't let him hurt you." Her mum smiled at her beautiful daughter, lifting her hand up to touch her face and wipe away the tears that fell from her face as she looked into her eyes. Tears fell from her own eyes when she looked at the eight year old in front of her who was so mature beyond her age, the girl who had never been able to run without feeling pain, the girl who could never get a full night sleep without being woke up by her screams, the girl who would run home at lunchtime just to avoid all the children in her school who told her that they were going to beat her up that day. The girl who's childhood had been ruined.
"Mummy don't cry, I promise you that it will all be okay." Sonny whispered, screaming when she was suddenly yanked back by her hair, biting down on her lip to stop herself from screaming again as he kicked her and punched her over and over again, she felt the darkness overtake her whole body as she heard her mum tell him to leave her alone. She knew it would do no good, this was never going to end. She could only hope that she would never open her eyes again, it would be better that way. It would have been better if she had never been born, it would have been easier.
Sonny opened her eyes, smiling as she looked at her mothers face. She snuggled even closer to her mum, looking around a little before burying her head into her chest. She wondered how they had both gotten into her bedroom, laying in her mothers arms.
"I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the beach today?" Her mother whispered, kissing her gently on the forehead as she drew her closer to her warm body. Sonny nodded and smiled a little, looking out of her bedroom window and seeing the sun outside.
"Let's get you dressed then." She said before getting up and grabbing some clothes for her daughter, she bit down on her lip when she saw how much the tiny girl was struggling just to get out of the bed.
"Daddy's in work." She told her, seeing the relief on her face as she took the clothes out of her hand before Connie walked out to get dressed as well.
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Sonny looked at their own little beach they had found a while ago, nobody went on it which meant they could both sunbathe and have some fun without worrying about everyone looking at their bruises and scars, it made life a little easier.
"Mummy, why don't you leave him?"
"I wish I could baby girl but I am too scared. I think that if I did then he would come after both of us and I would lose you for good." Sonny nodded and sat back up, she looked nervously at her mother as she slowly took off her top, wincing when the light fabric hit her damaged body. She closed her eyes when she heard her mum gasp,
"Are those from last night?" Sonny nodded, trying her best to not pull away when her mum lightly traced the hundreds of bruises and cuts, tears running down her face as she kept muttering a sorry.
"I will make sure he never hurts you again." She whispered, shocked when the eight year old just shook her head and sighed,
"He only hits me when you're almost out of it mummy, you can't do anything to protect me." Connie nodded, knowing that the girl was telling the truth.
"Can we go into the water? It makes it feel a lot better sometimes." Connie nodded, trying to stop the tears that were making track down her face,
"I will be there now." She whispered, watching her daughter walk slowly to the water and relax a little when her body hit the water.
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"Mummy, what's wrong?" Sonny looked up at her mum as they almost approached the house after their day at the beach, her mum had stopped and had gone as white as a ghost.
"Nothing honey, it's just... we're a little late." She jumped when she heard a glass smash in the house,
"Maybe we should come back in a few hours." Sonny whispered, looking down at the floor, not sure if either of them could take another beating.
"We can't, it will make him angrier." Sony nodded and slowly walked ahead of her mum, knowing that it would be her mum that he would get angry at first.
"You stupid bitch! What did I tell you about being late?!" Sonny closed her eyes when he slapped her across the face, sending her flying across the room and hitting her head on the kitchen counter.
"No!" Connie screamed, running towards her daughter before getting punched hard in the face, she shook her head and tried to get past him again to get to Sonny. She cried out when he ran up to Sonny and started to kick her as hard as he could, Sonny cried out in pain when her already cracked ribs broke.
She welcomed the darkness, looking up when the pain stopped, trying to get up again but the pain was too much. Her mother had jumped on his back, hitting him over and over again. Sonny wondered if this was ever going to end. If this was ever going to be okay.