Beauty and the Bad

normal school, and had normal friendships. Never had a bo

cided it was okay to drink and drive. Because of that one person, and their stupid one-time

everything in my n

one hell

the ones that tried to break them down. She started dating a younger man, who a

the older woman

me, they had left a large inheritance for my father, for when they had passed. The plan was

help survive off one pay-check, tossing her dream retirement home

e discovered he was a drug addict. Mostly addicted to coke, but dabbled with a bit of everything from t

he came crawling back, because he was out of money and drugs, she would take him back with open arms. He wou

ngs got way out of control. I thought my life h

se fate had in store

death we w

n and asking why he was so upset, but he ignored her and demanded money. She said she didn't have much money left, and what she di

had just become more enraged, screaming that it wasn't enough, and that he needed more. He started tearing throu

give him whatever money I had made from my small part time job at the local community center, teachi

o even see her, so he knocked her down too. Jeremy had run out of the room when someone started to bang on the fr

muffle our screams, and rushed back out into the living room to make sure Jeremy was alr

mother and I. He looked straight at her before she could make a move towards J

mother, his words coated in a thick Irish accent, before he ran out the door and disappe

he gave them a clear description of the man, and everything she knew about Jeremy and their conne

life changed for

never able to

es, and leave everything we knew and loved behind. I couldn't tell anyone where I was going, or why I was leaving.

ity was

onger Chl

ay, I became