Chapter 1
Hi my names Aurora and this is the beginning of my story. I was 4 years old when I was sent to stay at at my moms foster moms house. I was told that we would both be staying there but she left to go to the store and didn’t come back for years. I was stuck and alone but not alone at the same time. I cried a lot, but my grandma fostered more kids one was 5 her name was Jesse she became my bestie, and the other one was 9 his name was Andrew. One day me and Jesse were playing in toy room when Andrew called Jesse and was asking her something while I continued to play with my back turned. I didn’t notice when Andrew had come up behind me and pushed me down to the floor, while I was pinned down Jesse threw a blanket over us, and Andrew got really close to my face and said if I moved, he’d hurt me. So, I stayed still while he proceeded to stick his hands down my pants. I was really confused and didn’t understand what was happening, so I began to cry. I guess someone heard me because next thing I knew the door was open and Andrew jumped off me scared, It was grandma she led us downstairs and told us to sit at the ne side of the table and her and her boyfriend sat at the other side, and she began to ask each of us question. Jesse was first all she did was and say we were playing a game. Andrew was next he said it was my idea to get under the covers and play like we were girlfriend and boyfriend. I didn’t let him finish his sentence before I called him a liar and said what happened. Grandma didn’t believe me I guess because Jesse and Andrew were sent upstairs and to their rooms while I had to stay downstairs while she called my mom on speaker phone, she told my mom what she saw and what we all said. My mom asked to speak with me and she asked me what happened and I told her and then she told me to give the phone back to my grandma and proceeded to ask her which one of us she believed and she said the other two so my mom told her and I quote “to beat my ass”. By now I was crying even harder. I was carried upstairs kicking and screaming I’m not lying. I was brought to her room where she pulled out a long thick leather belt and told me to turn around. I didn’t move I just kept crying and saying I’m not lying when she grabbed me by arm and forced me turn around while she started hitting me with the belt. It seemed like she hit me everywhere but my ass her boyfriend had to tell her that was enough because I was screaming to loud, she let me go and I dropped to my knees in tears I was sent to the bathroom to go pee before bed and then sent to my room. While I was in the bathroom I climbed on the counter and turned around to lift my shirt up and see if I had any marks. There were a lot of marks but the only one that stood out was almost wrapped around my whole body and was already beginning to turn purple. After I finished in the bathroom I went to my room and cried myself to sleep. I had school the next day I started early because of my birthday. I got dressed for school and we left and went to school. At school I was always teased because I was different, I was the one of the only black kids with long hair and dressed nice even though we all wore uniforms. My teacher was nice to me she would let me stay in the classroom during recess when I didn’t get enough sleep at home. It was hard for me to sleep I always had nightmares and stuff.
