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"Mommy?! Mommy please wake up!" I yelled, shaking my unconscious mother. She didn't wake up.
My father burst into the room. Shoving me aside, he put two fingers on my mother's neck. He turned to me slowly.
"Go get....the phone." He said through gritted teeth. I nod vigorously.
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We had just gotten home from my mom's funeral, and my dad was not himself at all.
"Eliza! We are moving your room to the attic." He yells from the other room. I quickly rush in the room to help.
I am met with a slap in the face. "What took you so long you little peice of crap?" He yelled in my face, spitting everywhere.
Tears are now threatening to spill onto me cheeks. "Stop crying! I will not have a wimp in my house!" "Yes sir." I wimper. "No talking he yelled, throwing me into the wall. Lay there, sobbing with every hit, punch, or kick he threw at me.
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That was eleven years ago. Since then, I have gone mute, have had seven miscarriages from my father, and have broken too many bonds to count.
I, am Eliza Rose.



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