Chapter 313
sessive Stepbrother
KESTER.
“Dad!” I yelled out of shock with my eyes wide open when I saw my father storming into the room.
His eyes weren’t just angry–they were wild. His fists were clenched so tight his knuckles were white, and his whole body shook like something was about to explode from inside him.
“Oh no,” I breathed. Not again. Please, not again.
“Go to school, Kester. You’re running late,” my dad said to me, but his eyes were burning into my mum’s face, and his whole body was shaking so much.
I looked at Mum. She wasn’t crying anymore. Now, she was standing staring back at him with fire in her eyes. But I could tell–she was scared. She just didn’t want to show it in front of me.
“Now!” Dad yelled at me, but maybe today should be the day I stood up for Mum.
“No,” I said, barely above a whisper.
Dad’s head snapped toward me.
1 swallowed and took a step forward. My knees were shaking, but I kept my feet still. “No. I’m not leaving.”
I moved in front of Mum. I was so small compared to him, but I spread my arms a little like I’d seen in movies.
My chest was pounding so hard I was sure they could hear it.
I saw the shock on his face.
Yes. I was becoming a big boy, and from today
on
I’ll protect my mum from a monster like him.
“Get out of my way now before I do something you will regret,” my dad said.
“No! I won’t let you hurt her today, Dad. Leave
alone!” I yelled at him.
I heard my Mum gasp behind me, but I didn’t care. I was going to protect her whether she liked it or not.
Then I felt Mum’s hand on my shoulder. I looked up. She was crying again, but it was different now. She looked like/she was seeing me for the first time.
And maybe… maybe she was proud.
“Kester,” she called me, and I could hear her voice shaking, “You can stand up for me. Go to school. Your father and I need to talk about some things…” She said, but I didn’t believe her.
They weren’t going to talk. They were going to fight.
No, Mum!“, I yelled loader than I ever had before. My voice cracked. My throat burned. “I want to protect you from this man!” I yelled.
I felt angry. Too angry. And I noticed that all the anger I’d been feeling toward both of them over the years was piling up and gathering in my chest all at once.
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I had always wished I could beat Dad up someday because of the way he had been treating Mum. But Dad was too big. I wasn’t strong yet–but I was trying. I had to gain more strength to be able to fight him, and that’s why I started using the school gym last
month.
Dad was charging toward us, and I wouldn’t.lie, I was scared, but I didn’t move.
Even though my knees felt like jelly and my heart was thudding like crazy, I stayed.
He grabbed me. His hand grabbed my uniform so tight I couldn’t breathe.
“Let go of me!” I cried.
He didn’t. Instead, he shoved me with all his strength, like I was just piece of paper in his way.
I flew backward and smashed into the closet behind me. The loud crack of wood breaking made my ears ring. Something sharp hit my back, and I screamed.
I lay there for a second, trying not to cry. I wanted to be brave. But couldn’t breathe right. My ribs hurt. My arms stung from the
fall.
When I saw him gripping Mum’s throat and pulling her off her chair. I gathered some more strength and stood up, rushing toward
him.
“Stop it, Dad!” I screamed, grabbing his thick arm with both hands, yanking at it, hitting it with my fists. “Let go of her! Let her go!”
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