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| She looked out her bedroom window and saw her mom pull up in the driveway. She ran downstairs to greet her and tell her what had happened.
"Lilly, you know better than to bring Brian over here."
"But I told you, I had to, we made a deal."
"Let me see your arm." She held out her left arm. It hurt so bad, she had put ice on it, but it didn't help any. "Oh my...." her voice trailed off. "Are you okay?"
"No. I can't stand daddy!"
"I can't either baby. This is the last straw. Keep that ice on it, but..." she trailed off as she went into her bedroom. She brought out two empty suitcases. "Take this upstairs and pack. Were leaving."
"Where we going?"
"I don't know. Were just getting away from you father. I thought we could stay together as long as he didn't hurt you. Well, he's hurt us both, its too late for him. We're going."
"He hurt you too?"
She nodded slightly. "Yes," she said, just above a whisper.
"How?" She slowly lifted her shirt to reveal a deep scar across her stomach. "What's that?"
"Your daddy got ahold of a knife one time when he wasn't too happy with me. This is what happened."
"How come you never told me?"
"I didn't want you to get scared. Now come on. Take this and put as much stuff in it as you can. But only what you need. Just clothes and a few other small items. And hurry. We want to be done before your dad gets here."
Lilly took the suitcase from her mom and drug it up to her room. She put her favorite outfits into it; football jerseys, basketball shorts, etc. She was a tom-boy. She got onto the floor and searched under her bed. She brought up the drawings she and Brian had been looking at. She put the pad of paper and two pencils into her suitcase. Her mom entered her room. "Are you ready?"
"What about Brian? What about school?"
"We'll go to Aunt Heather's tonight. Then you can see Brian at school. Okay, now let me see if you have enough stuff." She searched through the suitcase and added a few items from her dresser. "Okay, were going to go now." Her mom picked up both suitcases and they went to her small Cutlis Cierra. She opened the trunk and placed the suitcases inside as Lilly got into the passengers seat and threw her backpack into the backseat. Her mom put the key into the ignition and they buckled up. "We're going to be okay, Lillian. I wont let anything else happen to you."
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