Life Beyond Constraints

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Waylon, I was c

r me, shielding me with

a that he was also bleedin

name chosen without

th, it was rando

bler, and my mom

such mismatched people woul

t, both of them we

uld stand at the alley's entrance, wea

d take him upstairs. Thirty min

or three times a day. On slow da

lazy all day and nev

had money, he would gamble it away. When

like a stranger living in the same

he only target

e casino. After being away for half a month,

t I have bad luck. I should have kic

't for you, I would h

here, you jinx. You've ruined

thless whore. No one would want you

d me hard. After a burst of pain, my

my face swell with each slap, then tr

nd tears mixed together, pooling on the ground. I tho

m watched coldly. She looked a

ished I would be

dn't have been born.

would approach me with a cold expression

and only then would she

he lo

't th

renching cries when the alcohol touched

e, why did they give birt

cautious at home, to

their favor just to

e a submissive stray dog, m

ned child; they never care

e, leaving me to

ighbor who took pity on me and g

ally that annoying? Why

yes and said, "Stella, you're a good girl. I

havior was domestic violence an

ould come to

Thalia with

t me, I dragged my battered body to

arrested