The Last Surviving Child by Thuy Rocco

Author:Thuy Rocco [Rocco, Thuy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781543933123
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2018-05-14T18:53:16+00:00

Raging Machine

My mom and stepdad argued. The arguments would last hours, even days. Screaming, things breaking, and threats went on and on throughout my childhood into my adult life. As a child, I would often hide in my closet with a pillow over my ears or bury myself under my bed to drown out the screaming. As I got older, I would run to the closest neighborhood park and stay there until sunset. When I came back, there was always a fight waiting for me. I never got used to it. My parents would argue about the most miniscule things—who does which chores, the loud music, who had said the wrong thing. They always argued about money because there was no trust in their relationship. My mom had her money and my stepdad had his. One day, I heard the glass table in the kitchen smash. The arguments escalated to the point where my mom told me to call the police on my stepdad because he was getting violent. I didn’t want to, because I knew that my mom probably pushed him to the breaking point. Then my mom started yelling at me because I wasn’t following orders. She started saying, “Are you taking his side? Do you know what he has done? Are you doing this to me, too?” Suddenly, my guilt overcame my reasoning and I called the police. I helped my mom file a police report. Deep down, I knew that she wanted that police report in order to blackmail my stepdad somehow. My mom is always surviving, even within her family. She always feels the need to protect herself, to protect me.

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