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When I was very young Mother wasn't as bad. She was never an affectionate person so even then she would never hug me, or get too close to me.

When she starting drinking though, that's when she got really bad.

The first time she beat me up I remembered I asked her why, she said, 'It's love'

I never asked her again why she would beat me, or make me do ugly things. Because it was love.

It was my Mothers love. And I loved my Mother.

But my Mothers definition of love was different then mine.

Mother was a woman of high standards. She didn't care much about her reputation, but when it came to me she wanted me to be perfect.

In looks, and the way I acted. She always hated my eyes, she would say that if only I was born without the mix of my fathers eyes she would love me a little less.

And about my education, she hired a tutor to teach me the basics of math and how to read. After learning these two she fired the woman.

It made me sad, although I only had her as a teacher for a week or two I liked being around her.

She was from the outside, she was different, so cool.

I wanted to be like her. To go outside and meet kids my age. But that was forbidden.

I was only allowed to go to the backyard that was completely fenced. Preventing me from seeing any further.

Except I could. Only to the small abandoned house next to our secluded home.

Through a small hole is where I met Eli and Jacob.

I don't know if it was love that I felt towards them, but I want to think that it was.

Eli (Not my brother) was a few years older then me. She hated her father. He would be mean to her. She would never tell me exactly what he would to her but I could see her face looked like how my legs and back looked.

One day she didn't come to the fence, and I never saw her or her father again.

The same thing happened to Jacob, although he was a runaway and went to Eli's house as a hideout. I remember I was very upset because it was Eli's house and I was still waiting for her to come back.

After getting the chance to talk to him I realized he just needed Eli's house for a bit to survive.

In the few days he was there he would tell me about everything. How he was trying to get away from foster care, and how he was so tired.

With Jacob, I saw how they took him away. I saw him cry and scream. But the people who found him didn't care about how he felt.

What made it worse is that I couldn't do anything to stop it. I couldn't jump the fence as it was too high, I couldn't tell Mother to stop it or she would've killed me.

So I did nothing.

I've always been a coward. I couldn't do anything to stop Eli's father from hurting her or Jacob from being take away because I was afraid. And I couldn't do anything to stop Mother from dying because I was afraid of herself.

In my dreams I cry, and even then I can't do anything to stop.

I will never be able to stand up for myself or others.

This is something i've accepted.

"Young Miss wake up"

My vision is a blur for a second. When I open my eyes to Nanny's face I finally come to my senses.

My hand rubs my head. "Good morning Nanny"

Nanny looks worried for some reason. "I've laid your close out for you Young Miss"

"Where are my brothers?" I still need to apologize for all the screaming.

"Your three eldest brothers went out for work, and as for the two youngest, they are downstairs"

I nod. Is okay, I can talk to them when they return.

Mostly, I need to talk to Eli as he's my guardian.

"Would you like for me to start a bath?"

"Don't worry Nanny I can handle it"

Nanny smiles and leaves. I groan. Why did I have to wake up so late!

I slip out of the bed and run to the shower. I'll take a cold one so im not sleepy at all today.

Once Im out I change into the close Nanny chose for me. The dress only reaches to my knees so I have to put tights on.

'Why do you always wear tights'

Lucy's words make me feel a bid sad now that I remember them. But I can't not wear them, my legs are horrible without them.

I slip my shoes on and run downstairs. (Try to run)

Time to eat!

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Armani, Enzo, and I are in the living room.

We're watching The Little Mermaid. Again. I love it!

I'm in the corner of the couch with my head resting on the arm. My eyes are glued to the tv.

"This is like the 15th time you watch this movie Angelica" Enzo groans, irritated by the movie they let me choose.

"But Armani said I could choose the movie"

Enzo looks at his twin, "Why the f—freak would you let her choose"

Armanis mouth parts open and after a few seconds he starts laughing hysterically, "A la verga! Dijiste freak!" (You said freak!)

A/N: I don't know how to translate 'a la verga' to english, sorry :(

Enzo gets annoyed and pulls the control from Armanis hold and takes off the movie.

"We're gonna watch another movie" He says with a smirk on his face.

Enzo chooses one and presses play. Right off the bat the background noises give me chills.

The screen goes black and a little kid pops up screaming and running.

I try my best to not get scared but when a lady starts going after the kid I feel my blood run cold.

I hide my head in my knees as my body starts shaking.

"Quita esa mierda" (Take that shit off) I hear Armani say harshly.

Pairs of hands pry my arms away from my knees, "Hey, he took it off" I look up at both the twins who are crouched down in front of me.

My lips start shaking and my eyes fill with salty tears, "Don't cry, don't cry, i'm sorry" Enzo says in a panicked voice.

He grabs my arms and pulls me towards him, picking me up from the couch and standing up with me in his arms.

I place my head on his shoulder, as he pats my back hesitantly to stop me from crying.

Once I stop shaking Enzo sits me back down on the couch.

"Look i'll put The Little Mermaid back on" Armani says as his fingers click the buttons fastly.

Once is on both my brothers sit down tensely as they watch me smile happily to my favorite movie.

After a few minutes of enjoying the movie I hear a knock on the door but I ignore it since I know my brothers won't be back until after dinner.

I'm in the part where the mermaid meets the prince.

Unfortunately my peace is broken by someone who is talking very loudly. I know this someone isn't one of my brothers, because I don't recognize the voice.

I lift my head from the arm rest to see who's coming inside the living room.

A guy. I see the twins besides him.

When they enter the living room his eyes set on me. He smirks. Out of instinct I push myself more into the couch.

"Oh! Who is she? She looks like a do—" The guy was about to step closer to me but thankfully Armani takes a hold of the coller of his shirt and pulls him back.

I think the guy gets mad because him and Armani start whispering to each other.

Are they going to fight?

I look at Enzo with nervousness. He looks at me and sights.

He walks towards me and picks me up. He carries me away from the chaos and places me down on the first step of the stair case.

"Enzo, why is he here?"

"Don't worry about it, just go to your room Angelica"

I nod and start running upstairs.

"Don't run"

"Okay!" I say back as I gradually slow down.

When I enter my bedroom I suddenly feel very tired.

I slowly fall down to the floor and lay there. I go on my side and my eyes connect to the unfinished drawing. I pick up the crayons and continue to do the house.

I'll give it to them as a apology gift. And i'll make a bigger one for Eli!

Right now though. I'm grateful the twins don't seem to know about anything about what happened.

Right after I finish with my drawing Nanny comes into my room telling me is time for dinner. I follow her all happy because I was able to finish the drawings.

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End of Chapter 24

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Nanny was feeling pink again

I hope this is something a 12 year old would wear but if not please don't come at me 😭