I was eating my breakfast when I heard dad yelling.

After my mom's death, he has been so distant and acting strangely.

He kept bringing different woman every single day not caring about me.

Hitting me when he gets mad about anything, calling me the most brutal names that a father calls his daughter by.

Until he married Saby and I wished he didn't because instead of him abusing me alone now Saby was joining him.

"Where's my damn cigarettes?" He yells from upstairs while I was eating my breakfast and Saby enters now giving me a playful smirk.

I know that smirk.

She has set me up for something. She will hurt me.

Dad comes storming into the kitchen after a while. "Where is my damn cigarettes? Who took it?" He shouts looking between me and Saby.

I shrug, concentrating on my breakfast afraid to open my mouth and piss him off more than he already is and let it all out on me.

"I bet this brat took it. All kids in her age steal now." Saby says pointing at me.

Then dad looks at me with his dark eyes." Mia! Stop eating your damn food and tell me the truth or help me god, I will hurt you bad."

"Dad i.. I swear I didn't take them. I don't even know where they are." I say quietly afraid of his temper.

"Of course, she is lying and hiding them." Can't this snake stop adding fuel to the fire already?

"N..no I swear." I stutter, tears forming in my eyes now.

"I will go check myself then," Dad says bolting to my room.

"Worthless pathetic whore." Saby curses me then left after dad and I followed them.

I was sure he won't find anything there but with Saby and her looks I started doubting it.

I stood in fear at the door of my room watching dad and Saby as they were throwing all my stuff looking for it.

"I found them!" My dad yells and I froze in fear tears starting to roll down my cheeks more rapidly now.

"What!?? No i.. I swear I didn't.. I would never.." I stuttered, my whole body was shivering with tears. I knew it was already late for defending myself, he would never believe me instead of his new wife.

In a moment he was standing in front of me holding me by my hair. "You lying piece of shit. You are a disgrace to the family. You were a mistake that I regret and your mom left you all alone for me to torture. Looks like she didn't love you enough."

And with that, he threw me on the stairs making me fall and roll on them to hit my head and find my nose bleed with a cut on my forehead that would leave a mark forever.

He comes after me and started beating me with his belt roughly on my back while Saby stood there watching satisfied and smiling widely on my pain.

They are feeding on my pain and screams.

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I wake up sweating hard from the memory that I dreamt about.

The scars on my back still hurt as if it was just yesterday.

I touch the slight scar that was on the side of my forehead remembering all the hits and punches that came before and after this.

I remember I always screamed for them to stop that torture, I even pleaded to stop that painful misery they daily put me through but it was never enough for them.

I was their punching bag. I was the useless bitch who they get to enjoy playing with her by hurting and scaring her for life.

I get out of bed heading to the bathroom to take a shower.

I don't know why I remembered this memory so suddenly. I guess it has to do something with meeting them yesterday.

I blocked these thoughts and soon finished my shower getting ready and headed down to have breakfast.

I saw Jane, Damon, and Jasmine eating cereal chatting and laughing together. I wish I could laugh like that. I wish I didn't have my painful past haunting me like that, preventing me from having at least a good morning.

"Morning Mia," Jass was the first to notice me.

"Hey."

"Oh sorry, I forgot you aren't a morning person." Jass laughs making Jane and Damon laugh at me as well.

"Whatever," I roll my eyes making a bowl of cereal for myself then took my place. I know it was meant to be a joke but I have my reasons that they don't know which make me dread mornings.

Mornings were always a painful reminder of the new day ahead of me that will include the daily cursing and beating.

I know it is in the past now, but they always say, Habits die hard and in my case they will never die, they are my mental scars.

"So do you guys want to go clubbing today or what?" Jane suggests.

Damon nods. As Jass says," I am down for that too, we have to change the mood a bit."

"You know I am in as long as there are drinks," I say stuffing my mouth with cereal.

"It's settled then." Jane clapped her hands happily.

The day moved on and it was time for getting ready.

Damon was getting ready in his own room while we girls were getting ready in mines.

And the girls really look beautiful.

I, on the other hand, look average and i don't care.

They kept telling me to wear skirt or dress and show some skin but i didn't care.

Also, i have so many scars on me which i don't mind appearing them, but I am comfortable with what i chose.

In my opinion those scars show how strong i am, and that I survived all of that without anyone's help.

We then got down to meet up with Damon and go out.

And he looks real good.

I noticed that he couldn't take his eyes off Jane's body and outfit.

"You look mesmerizing Jane." He says absientmindly.

"Thanks Dam you don't look bad yourself." She compliments back, her cheeks turning to a slight shade of red. She has always been easy to blush.

"Uhm what about us?" I ask snapping their attention at Jass and I.

"Yeah, you look good too." Damon mutters.

"Just good?" Jass teases.

"Let's just go already." Damon says as he made his way out, avoiding any other awkwardness following by Jane.

"I bet you, he got a boner and that's why he is so grumpy." I whispers to Jass and she giggles.

We ordered an uber because we tend to be wasted by the end of the night.

Once we arrived, entering with our fake IDs the place was packed and the music was loud and wild making your body move non stop.

"Do you think i really look good?" Jane asks us.

"Yes, you are stunning." Damon answers before Jass and I.

"Then hopefully i will get laid tonight." Jane says excitedly and went to god knows where.

"Wait, what? No!" Damon says, taken off guard. "I will go to keep an eye on her." He then ran after her While Jass kept laughing and i took a sip from my drink that I just ordered a while ago.

"So uhmm.." Jass mutters nervously." Adrian and I have been talking for a while and i told him that we were going clubbing so.." she points her eyes at somewhere and i followed her gaze to find Adrian smiling widly and waving at her. Jason, Ben and Rick beside him. Damn it!

They both looked beyond happy, so i will just ignore all of them for Jass.

"It's okay Jass go and have some fun. I came here to drink and clear my head anyway." I assures her and finishes my drink then orders another.

"Thanks Mia." She says with a huge grin that reached her eyes.

"Hey beautiful." Adrian comes beside us kissing Jass on her forehead while her cheeks get red at the gesture." You look amazing." and her cheeks get more red now if possible. Those girls blush so fast, thankfully i don't blush.

"Thank you." She replies shyly.

"Let's go hit the dance floor." Adrian suggests and Jass nods smiling at him.

They look so happy together.

I wish they stay like that.

All of that and Jason was still standing beside us while Ben and Rick blended in the crowd.

Jason takes a seat beside me and ordered a drink facing me but i ignored him.

He looks pretty good by the way.

But I blocked my thoughts about his beautiful body that looked good with his outfit and ignored his presence.

He takes a sip from his drink, eyeing me from head to toe while I was sitting. "You look pretty good."

"Okay." That's all I say for him taking another sip of my drink not wasting a glance at him.

He chuckles." Are you going to ignore me like that?"

"Should I not?" I say finishing my second drink and ordering the third.

He sighs, "Mia can't we please have a conversation that lasts more than three seconds?"

I take a sip from my new drink ignoring him.

"Mia?"

"Can't you take a hint?" I say sarcasticlly disgust lacing my voice.

"Mia please just let me explain and you will know why I did it.. I want to be friends like before m--"

I scoff. "Friends?"

I laugh dryly. "We can never be friends Jason. we can never be anything anymore! You and I are just strangers and nothing more." I say then take a big gulp of my drink. "You can go to your bitch partner Sandra to ruin lives as you did to me." I finish then take the last sip of my third drink ordering another one.

Too much I know but I really need it right now.

" Sandra and I are nothing and will never be. Also, I never approved to what she did neither for you nor for anybody else. A--" He arches his brows. "How much did you drink before that one?"

I take a sip from my new drink. "Not your damn business."

"It's the fourth or the fifth right?"

I ignore him and continue to drink.

"Fine don't answer but stop drinking."

I finish my fourth drink."Leave me the hell alone! I fucking loathe you, you disgust me." I snap at him and started making my way away from him.

"Mia wait.," he yells after me but I was already gone ignoring him.

I go to the dance floor.

I keep dancing dirty with any guy who wants to, that one of them now is touching me everywhere now and I don't mind at all actually.

He was approaching to kiss me and our mouths were almost touching.

We were both drunk as hell and I can feel it but whatever.

When we were almost kissing someone came and punched the guy pulling him away from me then he faced me yelling.

"What the hell do you think you are doing Mia? Kissing a stranger while you are drunk!" Jason yelled at me.

"I said my life isn't your damn business anymore!" I yell back at him pointing an accusing finger at him.

He then grabs my hand and take me out of this place.

"Let me go asshole!" I yell struggling to get out of his hold.

"I am taking you home." Jason informs."I ordered an uber already."

"I won't go anywhere with you because I don't fucking trust you."

I yell at him, freeing my hand from his firm hold while his eyes filled with sadness.

"Mia.." he sighs. "I promise I won't hurt you..just.. just let me take you home because you are drunk."

"Fine! Only because I am tired and don't have money but I still don't trust you."

"Good." He smiles warmly at me that for a moment I felt like I was with my old Jason now that I used to love and trust.

But his word echoeds in my head now snapping me out of my pathetic illusion.

I don't trust or love anyone anymore. Especially Jason.

The car ride was silent.

I sat in my side of the window and he sat on the other side far from me.

I didn't want to be close to him more than now.

When we arrived home he muttered a goodbye but I ignored him.

I don't want to speak to him nor be near him.

I will ignore him as possible as I could.

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Mia Jackobs.. head to the principle's office now.***

I heard them call for me and I knew it defintily has something to do with what I did to Sandra before the weekend.

"Come in" Principal Lindsey yells from the other side of the door.

"Hi, I am Mia you called for me."

"Oh yes, Mia come in and have a seat." Principle Lindsey speaks softly." You know why you are here?"

"Because of Sandra?"

"That's right." She says." In those cases of strong violence I have to suspend you and make you write an apology for her.."

"In all respect Ms.Lindcy, I don't regret doing it so just do whatever you please except making me write an apology to her because I won't." I say firmly, yet coldly.

She smiles weird to be honest "You didn't let me finish Mia.."She pauses." So, I was saying I have to strictly punish you But.." she pauses again with a playful smile dancing on her lips." Because I know who you are and what you are capable of I will give you detention for the whole week" I nod but confused about what she said. " and because I know Boss would be proud of you now for being strong like that a--"

Boss?

Did I hear that right?

I cut her off. " what did you just say? .. uhh I mean do you know Boss? Wait do you know wha--" Maybe I just lost my mind?

She just smiles mysteriously and says. "I know Boss Mia, The gang leader."

What the hell!?