Chapter One

I like school this year because it is my escape from her and this house, although all the other kids make fun of me for the way my cloths look and the way i smell. Today my day started off worse than other days, this morning i was running late on my morning chores so i got another punishment from her. im so sick and tired of mother, but i know that there isn't anyone that can help me out of this. Mother says that i deserve what i get.Today when i got to school i was late again, so i had to go to the attendance office and the nurse checked me again. After she looked over me and had took notes on her clip board she brought in my principal, Mr. Hanson and then he asked me a bunch of questions but at first i was terrified to answer them but eventually i broke down and told all the things that mother does to me. After Mr. Hanson was done asking me the question he sent me to class, where i had stayed only for a couple minutes until Mr. Hanson had called me back down to his office. Once i got back down to the office there was a police officer wanting to ask me more questions and to look at the scars and bruises that she had left on me. The officer told me that i was "free" once i left the school building with him but i don't know what he meant by " free".