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Chapter 6 (Part 2)
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“The day you were born, it was all normal at first, he was on the sofa drinking his cheap vodka as usual and I was pretty scared for the future. We lived in a small house and all we had was a small bed and cheap furniture. I wanted to get you a crib that day, something for you to sleep in when you were born, so I asked him to let me get you one…”

16 years ago…

“Brain, we need to go out and get something for the baby to sleep in, it can’t just sleep on the floor,” Natalie said to him as he swigged back his vodka.



“I don’t think you understood when I said ‘You’re not going out when you could risk me’ Look at your condition for f*** sake, you could risk me and I’d be in jail before you could say ‘no child support’” He continued to chug on his vodka.

“I’m having no child support! You’re not providing, we’re living off my savings here! I need to go out, I’ve been stuck in here for six months. Let me go out and get a bed for it please!” she begged him but he just looked at her with this annoyed expression. He then signaled at a piece of old material on the floor, “We’ve got a bed for the thing”



By now, her temper was enraged, she was fed up of him sitting there and saying that it was a suitable environment and that a torn cloth was enough for their baby. She grabbed the remote and turned the TV off for him to listen. This was not a good idea.

He grabbed the remote out of her hand and chucked it across the room, screaming “How dare you!” in which Natalie had realised what she had done, but it was too late to think, he had already grabbed her arm and tossed her onto the floor in which she was in utter pain. She got up and ran to the toilet and locked herself inside, to keep him away but all he did was kick it and kick it and kick it. Suddenly she felt a pain shoot to her stomach and realisation hit as her waters broke. She screamed at him “Get an ambulance!” and he yelled back “It’s not that bloody bad, I chucked you softly!” but Natalie let out a scream and then yelled, “My waters have broken!”



Suddenly panic shot through his mind, “You… err… can deliver it here, I’ll help you” and she yelled, “Just get a f***ing ambulance!”. Brian then thought it was a good idea to take advantage of this. “Come out first”

“No!” She yelled, “I can’t trust you!” she let out another scream in which he gave up and called an ambulance. “Excuse me my friend has gone into labour” and when he hung up she yelled “Friend? What happened to be your bloody babe, huh?”

“Shut up,” he yelled, “I need time to think” He gave one final kick to the door and it burst open, in which he grabbed her and shoved her on the couch yelling “I am a friend, if they ask, I've helped you keep it a secret, it’s a boy’s from school and I have taken no part in making that thing” She stayed silent and he got up to her face and spat “Do you understand?”. In utter pain, she nodded, and within ten minutes the ambulance was here, believing the story he concocted.

After nineteen hours she had given birth to Caitlin, but she was still terrified when he walked into the room, still claiming to be a friend. He then whispered to her “If you ever run. You’re dead. Both of you.” and then he gave her a peck on the head as if he still loved her, but now, it was control.



3 months later…

Caitlin was still on the floor on that piece of cloth but Natalie had lost all power and hope. He drank from his second bottle of vodka and then looked at the sports, turning it up, all he could hear was “gaga” and laughing coming from Caitlin and finally he snapped.



“Shut up you worthless sack of s***!” in which he hit her and in the corner was Natalie with utter horror, “You said you’d never touch her!” and he grabbed his phone and dialed 999 and yelled “Police! My wife’s just hit my child and it’s the last time!”



Hours passed and after being released on bail, she was met by Brain who looked at her, smugly. She ran up to him and yelled “Where is Caitlin!?” in which he laughed and whispered “at home”
“You left her alone?!” she yelled at him, being the protective mother she needed to be, but he grabbed her and took her home on a silent journey of his anger and her worry.



When they got home she ran to the baby and hugged her whispering “It’s okay, mummy’s here” while screams and cries came out her from being alone so long. Brian put his hand on her shoulder and said “Not for much longer, haha”

“What? What do you mean?” she said nervously.
“You don’t think I’m gonna drop the charges like that, do you? Haha no. You’re going to do exactly as I say. Leave and never come back, and I’ll drop the charges. Stay and I’ll keep them, saying goodbye to your freedom in the process” Natalie went off with Caitlin but Brain stopped her, grabbing Caitlin and saying “no no, I’m keeping Caitlin,” he pointed at some rusty suitcases, “You’re going”

“I’m not going without her, you can’t do this!” but he laughed her off, “You’re sixteen, you’re a child, you’re nothing, you have a crappy life ahead of you, now go, before I call the police. I mean, if you don’t go, Caitlin will get more of a punch. Leave, she’ll be fine for many years to come.” A tear swelled up in Natalie’s eye, but she couldn’t risk the safety of Caitlin, so she packed her bags and walked out the door, hearing screams from her child. She gave her one last look and whispered “Goodbye, my dear” and then she left, to her sister’s house. They moved, never to be seen again, until now.



“...and he made me leave, you have to understand, I didn’t want to risk you. I never did it out of selfishness”

Caitlin looked into her mother’s eyes. She was telling the truth, and she knew in that predicament, she’d have done the same herself. She went up to her and hugged her, for the first time.

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