Dante's Second Chance

le has

ke a break for it e

her anyway or at least some

m," she whisper

ould never understand

ve her when Annabelle to

belle had finally reali

dream man cou

and they would never esc

or her mother, but she cou

eard the heavy footsteps nearing the door

d her mother she neede

rl now and deser

her mother ag

ightmares

y at

it go

ing as terror wan

like this came to her mind

ing feet g

was doing it

bast

tried to be sneaky ab

that no one would be

new he would torment her with the fear

ned that the fear turned him

mbling body just as muc

hed as he kicke

her before she c

o stop her trembling bo

't afford

t months pla

would spell

en for

ly shut eyes as the stench of alcohol reached

t? Are you shy now, baby girl? I thought we wer

razed her cheek so roughly that it l

e bent down and slurped at her face w

ed visibly and th

etal frames of her worn be

ike a gong in h

e hit. She alwa

the pain was always

d. Not that it would have made a difference,

there to hear her, eve

abelle merely groaned through gr

the bottle in his han

g as it pierced her back

to strip," she prayed

ne it before, but because

eaded to whatever powers were

of his belt unbuck

air. The sharp crack as it landed on he

ing to ki

dawned on her li

battered soul almo

mean it was

, Cathy's face showed

hat she blinked in the darke

o me. Not now," her momentaril

at she had started

ning tonight. If s

this time. He always gets to business

nt her to lose her strength f

o keep her quiet was to thr

is hands on her, even w

er again, Annabelle knew s

as dif

o do what she had pl

ld kill her before

r be able to save C

n mother was any good,"

almost made her not notice th

the bed i

et here. Yet you always make me say it. That was

ing the pieces of the bottle

ooze out of her arms as h

ed her upwards as she automatically brou

Annabelle stabbed him in the ch