Chapter One
Heavy breathing and crying was all he heard from the next room. The young boy cowering behind his kid sister’s crib listed to his mother’s dying yells, her pleas for mercy, without realization. How was he to know what had happened? After all, he was only twelve.
After silence settled over the small apartment, the dark haired child slowly stood up, not wanting to alert the “monster” that could lurk outside his shared bedroom. He peered into his sibling’s crib watching her chest rise and fall peacefully, comforted by sleep despite the traumatic events that ensued. He smiled briefly before turning his
Chapter One
Heavy breathing and crying was all he heard from the next room. The young boy cowering behind his kid sister’s crib listed to his mother’s dying yells, her pleas for mercy, without realization. How was he to know what had happened? After all, he was only twelve.
After silence settled over the small apartment, the dark haired child slowly stood up, not wanting to alert the “monster” that could lurk outside his shared bedroom. He peered into his sibling’s crib watching her chest rise and fall peacefully, comforted by sleep despite the traumatic events that ensued. He smiled briefly before turning his