Chapter 9 – Innocence Shattered
Dad never hit me in front of his precious girls he always waited till we were alone, not that I complained it was not for my sisters eyes.
I loved Dynasty but my little sister was my life, if my dad ever tried to hurt her I would not have to think twice about using the gun on him.
I was 15 now and had been abused for years and it was only a couple of weeks before dad would get send down.
Kace was playing football as normal, it was her favourite thing to do but it annoyed dad as he thought she should be more like Dynasty.
He had told her countless times not to play it and start acting like a proper girl for once in her life and on this particular day dad was angry as he and mum had had a fight as she had found out about his drug dealing.
He was drunk when he came out into the garden and started to shout at Kace she was super stubborn like the rest of us and carried on playing football to annoy him, dad was losing patience I could tell.
Kacey was 13 now and like must teenagers loved to answer back and told dad to stop being a freak and let her play football.
He went for her but I grabbed her and pushed her aside, and once I saw she was safe I could take anything.
He grabbed me and asked me how I could dare to outsmart him in front of his daughter; I then made the mistake of kicking him in the shin.
He lost it and attacked me right in front of Kacey she was screaming at him to leave me alone, and when he didn't she ran inside and came back a moment later with Dynasty and mum.
'Neil what are you doing?'
He turned and looked at mum but his eyes were bloodshot
'HE DESERVES IT'
'Neil calm down'
Mum took his arm and led him away as both Dynasty and Kacey came to help me up, but both of them were destroyed they had seen everything.
They questioned me but I said it was a one off though it still didn't stop me crying myself to sleep, Kacey and Dynasty always flinched when dad tried to touch them now as they had been traumatised.
It was only three weeks later when dad got ten years for armed robbery on the bank and mum and my sisters were depressed for ages. I was happier than I had ever being and I thought with him gone I could get over it and move on but sadly it would not be so easy.