Obsession

VII

17 years ago

"CHARLIE WHAT DID YOU DO!?!" 9 year old Raven screamed

11 year old Charlie put his bloody hands on his knees trying to breathe

"Charlie!" Raven pulled Charlie up off the ground with all her strength falling to the ground

"Stop Raven it's dead" Raven was crying trying to help the bloody dog

"What did you do Charlie?"

"It's dead Raven please stop-"

"did you do this?" Charlie shook his head looking down at his little sister

"It got hit Raven I wouldn't do thi-"

"okay" she removed her hands from the dead dog in the street she looked up at him with tears in her eyes

"Come here boy!"

Charlie jumped tensing up

"I said come here boy!"

"Don't go Charlie he's going to hurt you again" Raven begged

before Charlie could turn around his body got smacked to the ground

"Charlie!" Raven fell to her knees in front of her older brother

"go in the house Raven" their father stood over Charlie

"no! not again!" Thomas grabbed Raven by her hair and she yelped

"Let her go!" Charlie weakly stood up

Thomas laughed letting Raven go

she quickly ran into the house

It was like the neighbors didn't care what was going on with Charlie and his family

Charlie never felt so hopeless...his father treated him like a punching bag and their mother would just watch

Charlie looked down at the dead dog

"look at me boy" Charlie slowly looked up

Thomas grabbed Charlie hair pulling it making him wince

"Charlie"

"Charlie"

He hesitated to open the basement door

"I thought your dad ran a company-"

"I took over the company " Amara backed up

"Amara come on let's go meet my dad" He forced a smile opening the basement door

Amara backed up more but Charlie grabbed her wrist pulling her down into the dark basement

She gagged once they reached the last step

"oh gosh" she held her nose trying to hold the vomit down

"Ch-Charlie" someone weakly called out

Charlie dragged Amara further into the basement

A grey haired skinny sick old man sat on the floor with dirt spots on his face

"Father" Charlie coldly responded

Amara eyes widen she tried to break away from Charlie but he held on