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Submitted to Contest #11
He remembered trying to show mommy his new dinosaur toy. It was new. He’d just gotten it from one of Daddy’s lady friends. Another eager to make him happy because Daddy likes them more when they can make him happy. It was big and green and if he pressed the button on the back it roared. The first time he did it, it scared him. But in the good way. He tried to tell all of this to Mommy, but she was busy, on the phone with Daddy, while trying to get his younger brother to sit still in his car seat so she could make all the buttons click. His b...
Daddy made Mommy cry all the time.Mommy sometimes tried to make it stop.Then Daddy made Mommy cry more. You learn once you’re older that people who love each other aren’t supposed to hurt each other. You learn that when your father hits your mother, it’s abuse. You learn that when your first girlfriend hits you, it isn’t love. You learn that sorry doesn’t mean sorry. You learn that gifts are blindfolds for bruises. Things broke a lot around the house. At first, Mommy cleaned up the glass.Then Mommy walked over it with bare feet.When my mothe...
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