2 girls; Anna and Suzy
To the world they are happy, a little skinny, a little pale
Dressed in clothes that don't particularly look good on them. 
But happy. 

When they get home they go straight to their rooms and do homework. 
Math, English, reading, writing, 
Where most kids complain they seem greatful. 
It’s only when they hear the garage door go up that they start to dread. 
They start to shake, and feel sick, little Anna started to cry.
Suzy tries to comfort her; but silently she’s crying to. 

They hear the door from garage open and they flinch as though they’ve been struck.
It’s home; that thing can't be a person; the ‘Hell’ is home. 
Frantically both girls dry their tears, they’ll be yelled at if they have tears in their eyes; 
and then rush out to greet the ‘Hell’. To say “hello.” To ask it how it’s day was; to pretend they aren’t scared out of their minds of the ‘Hell’. 
They are kind to the ‘Hell’. They smile, laugh, say please and thank you. 
They do everything a child should do with their parent;
But they don't do it out of love; no instead out of fear.
Fear of the yelling, of the beat………of the cleaver stuck in the doorway to the kitchen.

Dinner is worse, the ‘Hell’ started to unload. 
First it’s small things, thin complaints, minor ‘jabs’ that make the girls squirm uncomfortably. 
All the while they smile and endure.

But then the horrible brown bottles come out, and soon the ‘Hell’ is angry
The ‘Hell’ yells, and screams, says they are bitches who better be grateful.
Says no one else in the world would care for them. That they are good for nothing, they’re lazy, useless, no help, and should just pray that someday someone rapes them otherwise no one would touch them ever. 
Soon little Anna is crying. The ‘Hell’ tells her not to, that soon her most favorite person in the world; the ‘Hell’’s boss from work, will be coming to visit her and spend the whole day with her. 
The ‘Hell’ asks if Anna still has the outfit the boss bought her. 
Anna nods, hoping the ‘Hell’ will be happy
The ‘Hell’ only glares at her before grabbing Anna’s plate and hurling it against the wall;
The food slowly slides down the wall; meanwhile the ‘Hell’ screams that Anna is getting to fat, and if she gets to fat she wont fit into the outfit and the boss wont want to see her again. 
Without thinking Anna mumbles under her breath; she wishes the boss wouldn’t come to see her. She could do without his sweaty, painful, humiliating, naked hugs.

Instantly the ‘Hell’ roars to life. Begins screaming and raving. 
For a single second the girl’s stay at the breakfast table, they watch the ‘Hell’ grow and dread what will happen next. 
Then the ‘Hell’ goes for the cleaver embedded in the doorframe.
Then the girl’s run, they hurl themselves from the table and race down the hallway to their rooms. 
They lock the door and use the piles of garbage and filth in their room to block the door. They don't think they’re safe. They can only pray they are. 
Their prayers are put to the test when the tip of the cleaver appears on their side of the door. They both scream and hide under their bed. 
They watch as the ‘Hell’’s shadow steps in front of their door. The tip of the cleaver disappears. 
The ‘Hell’ laugs cruelly at them. they won’t get any breakfast tomorrow, the ‘Hell’ will lock the fridge. But it says not to worry there will be some food for them to eat. 
A moment later both girls flinch as they hear a plate being thrown and then exploding against their door. 

The ‘Hell’ laughs and says it hopes they enjoy leftovers for breakfast. 
The ‘Hell’ then leans in; and says she’ll be sure to tell the boss to bring his friends, so they too can play with Anna. 
Next to her sister Anna starts to shake and cry. 

They don't come out from under the bed that night. 
That night like all the others before it they sleep under the bed
Wrapped in thin blankets and no pillows, no stuffed animals to give comfort or joy. 

The next day they wake to the sound of the ‘Hell’ screaming at them to get their fat asses out of bed and get ready for school. They don't move an inch until 5 minutes later they hear the door to the garage open and close and the ‘Hell’ drive off to work. Only then do they come out from under the bed and get dressed, putting on the least dirty clothes they have. 
Before leaving their room and going to see if the ‘Hell’ truly did lock the fridge. Nervously they pass by the cleaver in the doorway. The ‘Hell’ might be gone but the cleaver is not. 
The fridge door has been locked. The only food for them is the food smeared on the wall and on their door; but flies have already claimed it as theirs. This time Suzy starts to cry. Anna hugs her but she’s crying too. 

Maybe there will be food at school. 

Slowly they leave the house and walk to school.
It’s raining that day; and they have no umbrella. 
When they get to school, they are 45 minutes late, soaked to the bone, and emotionally numb.
A teacher sees them and hurries them inside. Into the nurses office, where they receive warm blankets, hot chocolate, and some food.
The school has no idea how grateful the girls are for these things. 
Soon the girls and warm and dry, and sent to their classes with notes excusing them for being late.

School is uneventful, Anna learns about mathematical shapes while Suzy learns about words.
As school ends a girl walks up to Anna. She asks if Anna would like to come over to the girl’s house after school.
Any nervously shakes her head. Her ‘parents’ say she and her sister has to come straight home after school. The girl nods, and then asks
Can she come with them?
Unsure of how to respond the Anna says yes. 

At home the girls do homework in the dinning room. 
When the girl asks about the food on the wall, Anna nervously shrugs and says the cat……..when the girl asks about the cat Suzy hastily changes the subject.
When they hear the garage door go up, Anna fearfuly moves away from the group and down the hall to the door that meets the garage. When it opens and ‘Hell’ steps through she frantically tells the ‘Hell’ there is someone else here. The ‘Hell’ is silent for a moment before telling her coldly, she can join her sister with the ‘Hell’’s boss, before walking past Anna and into the kitchen, to say hello to the new girl.
Silently follows her. On the inside she’s sobbing. 

Dinner is a strange event. The ‘Hell’ I being kind, polite, and so far hasn’t yelled. 
Anna and Suzy fidget nervously in their chairs. They aren’t used to the ‘Hell’ not yelling or screaming or threatening them. 

Then it happens. 

And off handed comment one a person makes and then forgets about a second later. The comment isn’t rude, or mean, or cruel, just joking. The girl says the food at her house is better.
Instantly the ‘Hell’ roars to full fury. It starts to scream, and rage, and a moment later grabs the girl’s plate and dumps the food still on it; onto the girl. The ‘Hell’ rages and says the girl is a little whore, who should keep her damned mouth shut and be grateful for the food that now covers her hair and body. 

The girl is silent for a moment before she moves away from the table. The ‘Hell’ begins to scold her.
The scold turns into a lecture as the girl walks down the hall away from the ‘Hell’.
The lecture turns into a storm of threats as the girl puts on her shoes. 
And the storm of threats becomes more screaming as the girl pulls open the door and runs from the house. 

Anna and Suzy try to run to their room, Suzy makes it, Anna doesn’t. she sobs as the ‘Hell’’s hand grabs her by the throat and slams her against the wall. It calls her a bastard, a bitch, a good for nothing cunt and whore. It rips at her clothes until she’s wearing nothing but her exposed skin, before it grabs the ‘Hell’’s dinner plate and slams the hot ceramic against Anna’s chest. Anna scream and sobs but the ‘Hell’ ignores as the hot plate burns her skin. only when her skin is red and blistered does the ‘Hell’ remove the plate, only to set Anna on the floor before literally kicking her butt. As Anna hits the door to her and her sister’s room she hears the ‘Hell’ throw the hotplate from before, it hits her hand and exploded. There’s no pain, only blood and numbness as Anna weakly knocks on the door, and Suzy opens it. some of her fingers are sticking out at odd angles.

The girls hastily bandage Anna’s hand. Suzy sobs and says she’s sorry she couldn’t help her sister. She was too scared. Anna says it’s ok. Soon her hand is covered in a dirty rag. They have no clean ones. That night Anna digs around into her dresser for a moment before handing her sister a small wrapped object. It’s candy, the last 2 pieces they’ve managed to hide from the ‘Hell’. Slowly they both unwrap them and put the candy in their mouths. All to soon the brown sugary delights are melted and gone. Leaving only regret and fear behind. 

The next day Anna and Suzy awaken to a new sound; Loud banging. At first they fear it’s the ‘Hell’ Anna uncontrollably starts to clutch her sister; out of fear or a need to protect neither of them know.

Then a new voice; a man’s voice. 
It says the ‘Hell’’s name, and says he needs to speak to her. Slowly the girls come out from under the bed and open the door. They tiptoe down the hallway and peer at the front door. 
The ‘Hell’ is at the door talking with a man dressed in white and blue. Behind him the man’s car…….it has funny red, blue and white lights on its roof. The ‘Hell’ starts to yell. A moment later it shoves the man away and slams to the door. The girls run back to their room but they climb one of the piles of filth so they can peer out the window and watch the man who walks calmly to his car and talking into a strange devise with a cord. 

Soon more cars with lights show up. 
Fearfully Suzy wonders if the people know it’s September and not Christmas 
They watch as people exit the cars. Men and women all wearing the same outfits. They hear as one of the people bangs on the door and asks to speak with the ‘Hell’. The ‘Hell’ yells at them to go away. 

A moment later Anna and Suzy flinch and scramble under the bed as the whole house shakes and the sound of a loud crash echoes down the hall. Soon they hear footsteps. They pray the mountain of filth they put in front of the door will hold back the surely raging ‘Hell’. The door creaks but doesn’t open……….only for it to explode a moment later. Anna and Suzy both start sobbing; but they remain silent. Blue legs invade their room searching for them. They can hear the legs talking. “the room is a mess” “has never been cleaned” “who could do this?” 
Then one of the legs begins to bend and……Suzy buries her head against Anna’s chest as a face appear at the edge of the bed. It’s a women, Anna watched scared as the face smiles at her. 

“hello.” Still trembling, naked and scared Anna speaks. “hello.”
The head leaves and become another set of legs and tells the other legs to leave the room. Anna flinches as the head raises its voice slightly at the legs who shuffle out. Soon the head returns. After much talking Anna and Suzy slowly come out from under the bed. The head seems sad as she looks at the 2 skinny, pale, trembling girls. Anna is scared…….Suzy has accidently peed herself…….will the head get mad and beat them like the ‘Hell’ does?

The head smiles and pulls out a stuffed animal. She gives the animal to Suzy as says it’s name is simply bear. She says sometimes bear has accidents too, and that it’s ok. The women then talks into a strange box on her shoulder. The box beeps and squawks like a parrot. Soon another women appears this one has another bear and a soft warm blanket. She gives them both to Anna, and then notices her hand. The women ask the girl’s if they’d like to leave now. 

The girls can only nod and continue to tremble in fear. Their legs refuse to work.
The women continue to smile and……the girls both squeal in fear as the women bend down and grab their hips and lift them into the air. The girls have never been this high before………..their fear vanishes………replaced by the feeling of flying. The women carry them out of the house……and to a red and white truck and another women who smiles and says their stuffed animals are cool. The women then looks at Anna’s hand and says it need to be examined. The women says some things to the other women. 
She uses the words, “broken” ”fractured” “infected” and “monster”

Soon Anna’s eyes fill with tears as a new woman tells Suzy she has to go with her. Suzy clings to Anna and shakes her head; she starts to cry too. The women in the red and white truck shakes her head at the new woman who nods and leaves. “come on. We’re gunna go somewhere better.” 
The last thing they see before the doors to the truck close, is the ‘Hell’ being led out. The men and women are doing their best not to yell at the ‘Hell’ who is struggling and screaming at hem. Saying it did nothing wrong.

The ride in the truck is amazing. The girls can't sit still, and watch fascinated; out the window as the world passes by them so fast. The woman asks is they’ve ever ridden in a car before. The girls shake their heads. 

The new place is very different from their house, it’s large, filled with people, and amazingly clean. A new woman dressed in white smiles and offers them both a whole bar of brown melty delight. She leads them to a room and while they eat the melty delight while the woman in white begins to examine Anna’s hand closely. She asks Anna if her hand hurts at all? Anna says she hasn’t felt her hand hurt since last night. Soon the melty delights are gone. Anna and Suzy look nervously up at the woman in blue who had carried them out of the house. They’re both scared to ask the question they both fear above all else at that moment. 

It’s Suzy who does it Anna trembles and cries as she watches her little sister tug on the blue woman’s pant leg. The woman turns and kneels down. “yes?” Suzy is trembling and clutching the stuffed bear so tightly her arms or white. There’s a small puddle under her feet. But somehow she manages to speak. 
“when do we have to go back?”

The woman in blue kneels down……….
At first Anna fears she’s trying to crush Suzy who whimpers and clutches the stuff bear tighter; the puddle under her feet gets a little bigger. 
No one besides Anna has ever hugged Suzy.
“never……..you’ll never have to go back to your house.” 

Those words release Anna and her sister. The blue woman lets go of Suzy who runs to her sister and hugs her. They’re both crying not from fear or sadness but from joy. The woman continues to speak. 

“in fact if you’d like to, I would like both of you to come home with me. You already have met my daughter.” 

Soon the girl from school arrives. She smiled at Anna and Suzy and hugs them both. She doesn’t seem to care that Suzy had peed herself or that Anna is still naked. 
For a long time they hug and Anna feels scared to let go. Maybe this is all a dream…..maybe it’s real……………………..maybe it’s heaven. She doesn’t know.

She watches as Suzy turns to the woman in white. 
“can she have a melty delight to?”

AN: I’ve always known one of the girls and her sister at work were adopted.
        I’ve always known her mother was a police officer.
        I never knew the girl’s story.
       And with their permission I’ve written it out.
       Now you and I both know the story.

If you suspect child abuse please report it.