15 • F L A S H B A C K

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TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE, SOME ABUSE, KILLING, BLOOD

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Flashback

"Mama!" I shout, tears coming down my eyes as my mom continues to hit me.

"Quedarse quieto mijo!" She shouts back (Translation: Stay still darling)

She walks away and I can finally breathe again. Tears still pouring down from my eyes. I look down at my body. Bruises, loads of them.

I had just gotten back from school. I was so excited to show my mother that I had aced my Art project. This project took me weeks to make.

When I got home my mom started yelling at me saying I was a disappointment. I didn't get a one hundred percent but I did get a ninety-eight percent on the project.

"hazlo mejor hijo" she said to me grabbing my ear pinching it so I would listen (Translation: Do better son)

"Mama eso duele" I say to her as I begin crying out (Translation: Mom that hurts)

She later then comes back with a knife in her hand. She walks up to me and I begin to run away from her. I run to my room and shut the door making sure I lock it.

I hear banging at my door and my mom screaming

"ARES ASHER SALAZAR! ABRE LA PUERTA AHORA!" (Translation: Open the door now"

I sit on my bed crying looking out the window and grab my sketch pad and begin drawing letting my emotions cloud my mind.

3 years later

It was my birthday. I had just turned 12. I had come home from school excited. My father always made me my favorite cake for my birthday. That's when I lately discovered my father wasn't home.

"Where's papa?" I ask my mother

She completely ignore me and throws plates on the floor breaking every single one.

I get startled from the smashing and look at her

"Mama qué paso?" I question her trying to comfort her (Translation: What happened?)

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