Family Portrait Chapters 1 Prologue ~*~~*~ I sat huddled up on my bed my eyes and cheeks burned from the amount of crying I�d done I didn�t like this hearing them argue I need to get them to stop why don�t parents realise that arguments torture the children too �I�m scared� my younger brother Jacob said coming into the room �It�ll be ok don�t worry� I said sitting up and holding my arms out her came up and hugged me he was only 6 and he had to go through this as well as my older brotherbut he was hardly here normally out playing football with his friends to get away from the noise of our parents it wasn�t always like this we used to be a happy family who had a portrait taken every year around Easter we�d had that portrait done this year it was tradition but the happy smiles we�re fake �If you say it�s going to be ok why do you cry to?� Jake asked looking up at me �It�s still not nice to hear is it?� I said Jake nodded �DAD LEAVE MUM ALONE� I heardyelling �FINE I�M OUT OF HERE ANYWAY� Dad yelled and a door was heard slamming I got up and went to the window I saw Dad getting into his car I can�t let this happen I thought and ran out of my room down stairs and out the front door I stood in front of the car �move� Dad said calmly I nodded �I�m afraid you won�t come back� I said as he got out the car �I will sweetheart I�ve just got to clear my head� he said kissing my forehead �I will be back� he said getting into his car and driving off� Chapter 1 ~*~Years Later~*~ �He never came back� I said crying �Not until now but now�s too late�said with tears in his eyes as they lowered Dad�s coffin into the ground �We�re orphans now aren�t we?� Jake asked looking up at me, and our mum had turned into an alcoholic that�s when the arguments started and she drank herself to death one day about a year after Dad had left �No your not Jake you�ve got us�who I�d been dating for two years said to him calmly Jake was 10 now and I was 20was wonderful he knew all about my past he was in a band withand two other matesandI was happy thathad done something positive with himself instead of staying in a dark and gloomy unforgiving mood I thought for ages all of this was my fault but slowlyhad made me realise it wasn�t my fault I was just a victim caught up in it all. �Thank you� Jake said as we walked over to the local pub for Dads wake �Don�t mention it� Lee replied squeezing my shoulder �It�ll all be alright babe�whispered into my ear �But I still can�t understand he said he�d be back but he never came back for daddy�s little girl� I said as a tear slipped down my cheek �I know and I wish I can change that all for you but I can�t turn back the hands off time�said I nodded I knew what he meant and he was trying to be as comforting as he possibly could but the hurt and anger inside of me wouldn�t go away �I�d like to say a few words on behalf of my dad�said a bit drunk �He used to be a great man until a horrible monster took him over his mood turned my mum into a nervous wreck and alcoholic and he hurt my little sister and brother badly but I still love him and I�m going to miss him its that unconditional love thing I guess� said raising his glass before downing it what he said was right though� T.B.C.