ell stop. I prayed for him to take me away, to take me away from this hell hole that I knew was my life.
             Another bottle crashed on impact as it hit the walls making a slight dent in the sheet rock. I could hear my mom panic as she called for help. It seemed as if she were praying for god to come and help her, to make this man go away. Another prayer among the many that would go unanswered.
             I opened my bloodshot eyes slightly to see what was going on. My dads bottom lip trembled as his anger grew. A man I once knew as my hero had turned into my worse enemy, and my greatest fear. This once great man, that had the biggest heart for every living creature, had turned against us all and into a monster among us.
             Thoughts rushed through my mind, as I huddled there in the tightest position my body would go into. If only I could do something to stop this rage between them. Finally I stood up with my knees shaking as I came out of my safe ball I had formed. Tears raced down my cheeks as I began to move slowly towards the man I once envied. His blood shot eyes glanced at me in hatred as his harsh words now seemed to move towards me.
             I took a step back, thinking I should have stayed in my safe fetal position. Knowing that now I was a part of this battle. Knowing that now, I would lose and suffer for my mistake of entering. Visions of the man I knew crossed my eyes, and I began to cry. The man that once used to slow dance with me at weddings was now my enemy in a war that I couldn't win. A war that would crumble my body and my life along with my mothers.
             I could here her yell at my monster of a dad not to take out his anger on me. It didn't matter though, not to him at least. He glanced back at her, as clouds of vodka puffed out of his mouth and angrily hit her body with the harsh words he said. I could see her eyes fill up with tears as they too rushed down her cheeks like a flowing river when the dams were open.
             My heart ached fro...