chapter fourteen

Bloom

" Father ,"I whisper yell only to be greeted with silence again. There is an eerily atmosphere in the house as I look around .

The stairs creek as I walk upwards trying to hear for any sounds of life but there's nothing . I hope nothing bad has happened to to him . He maybe terrible to me but he's the only family I have left and i wouldn't want to remain alone .

After a few minutes of total silence. I walk to my tiny bedroom and kick off my shoes . Since father isn't back yet .I decide to read a novel that has been stuffed under my bed . I flip through the pages hoping to pass time as I wait for my dad.

After what seems like eternity. My father's slurred speech fills the whole house including another man's .I go downstairs to check what's going on .

"Ah there is she! Dominic that's the girl I was talking about ,"he jabs his fat fingers at me as I walk slowly downstairs.

"You! Come down quickly daddy has