In the end I just say fuck it and instead of hitting the target, I just waste the bullet. I put the gun down and take the ear muffs off and look at him.
"I really suck at this"
He smiles while looking at me "with a little practice I'm sure you wil...
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~9 years ago~
"Why doesn't anyone believe me?" I ask with tears running down my cheeks while kneeling down in front of everyone.
"Mom....please you have to believe me" I take her hand into mine but she pushes me away letting me hit the floor with a loud thud.
Looking at me in nothing but hatred she spat"You're a disappointment and a disgrace to this family"
"But I didn't- I was cut off by my twin sister speaking "Yes you did, I told you to stop but you wouldn't listen" she says while also crying.
I look towards her in disbelief "Ava, please tell them the truth" she ignores me and snuggles closer to our dad.
"Dad....Pleas- I begin but I'm interrupted by my dad's hands slumming the table making us all flinch.
"ENOUGH" he yells out. "Since you don't want to tell us the truth then I'm sending you away to a boarding school. Stay there and reflect on yourself and you can't come back until I say otherwise"
I blink at his words thinking I might have head wrong.
"Dad please..." I look at him with pleading eyes but what I saw broke not just my heart by my soul. My dad looking at me like I was the most disgusting person he has ever laid eyes on.
I look at my mom and saw her looking at me like I was the plague, like she wasted her time giving birth to me.
I look at my brothers with pleading eyes only to see them looking at me in disgust. "Guys...please, you know me...you know I wouldn't do something like this...please" I beg my brothers hoping they would believe me.
"Take her away" My dad says and motions two guards to drag me away.
You're probably wondering what's going on... well let me enlighten you.
Flashback I came back home after hanging out with my best friend at the park with his mom. Kevin and I have been friends since I could remember, we do everything together and our parents also know each other so they allow us to hang out anytime and have sleepovers. Today was the happiest day of my life. Kevin and I made a promise to get married when we got older and that made me the happiest girl on the planet. 'Nothing and No one can ruin my day'.....or so I thought.
"I'm back...Mom? Dad? Anyone?" I said looking around the house.
I stepped into the living room to see everyone sitting there looking angry with a crying Ava with bruises sitting on our dad.
"Hey guys, what happened?" I asked as I make myself known seeing as nobody saw me standing there. I make my way towards mom and that's when I felt a tingling sensation on my left cheek.
I fell to the floor and looked up while holding my cheek'Mom just slapped me' I thought.
"Mom,why did you slap me? What did I do wrong?" I ask as my eyes became glossy and I tried to hold back my tears. 'Dad would be mad if I cry'
Our dad has been teaching us how to not show any emotion and if I cried he would be very disappointed so I just blinked the tears away.
"How dare you? You brat...HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO YOUR OWN SISTER?" She screamed at me.
At this point I was just confused as to what was going on. 'What does she mean? What did I do to Ava? Why is everyone looking at me like that?' My mind was racing trying to understand or even figure out what was going on.
"What are you talking about?"I asked with confusion laced in my tone.
"Oh so now you want to play dumb?" Alex,my fourth oldest brother asked while looking angry.
"What are you guys talking about? I don't understand what's going on" I said as I look at everyone.
"You beat up you own sister and play dumb about it" my dad said anger laced in his tone.
"What?" I asked as I looked at someone, anyone to explain.
" Ava said you beat her today before you left to meet Kevin. You left her bleeding on the floor. We found her in her room with bruises all over her." dad explained looking at me with anger at what I apparently did to my sister.
"WHAT...I never did that. I was in the Garden before I went to meet Kevin. I haven't even seen her today up until now. What are you guys talking about" I explained
"Stop lying, she has bruises all over her. You can't lie your way out of this Eureka" My mom said with tears and hatred in her eyes.
My mother has always favored Ava more because she liked the things she liked. She didn't really like me because apparently I almost killed her when I was born. She only kept me because my dad and brothers wanted to. And at this moment I knew she would not side with me.
"I'm not lying" I screamed at them
"I'm never going to forgive you for this" she said and carried Ava away.
To say I was confused was an understatement. At this point I was sobbing ' where is all this coming from?. Why would Ava say something like that when it wasn't true? Why doesn't anyone believe me?' I turned to see all my family members looking at me in disgust. I pleaded and pleaded but nobody listened nor did anyone believe me.
**** That was the day I lost my family. The people who were supposed to protect me and keep me safe. The people who were supposed to love me no matter what. That was the day I lost my best friend and the person I loved the most. It was the last day I ever saw Kevin and the last day I spoke to him. And to say I was broken was an understatement.
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