Reese's Pov
I was laying in my bed pretending to sleep hoping & praying that this Summer vacation would end soon so my sisters can go back to school being able to get an escape from this household even if it's only for 6-8 hours a day. As I was laying there I heard him downstairs smashing glass everywhere but I didn't move, at least not until I heard her scream, as soon as I heard it I jumped up out of bed checking their rooms as quickly as possible until I had opened Loey's door to see her bed empty. At this point I started running downstairs 'Loey!' I shouted her name as I came flying into the kitchen to see her standing in front of him 'don't touch her!' I hissed towards him, he stopped with his fist in the air directing his attention at me for a split second 'why? What are you going to do about it?' He said just before allowing his fist to collide with Loey's face. He then walked towards me pushing me up against the wall 'stop!' I shouted as I tried to push him away from me, 'you're hurting me!' He just laughed as he pushed me to the floor walking away to go watch his show.
I took a minute to catch my breath I then quickly grabbed Loey helping her up taking her to my room I sat her down on my bed helping her get cleaned up. Once I had her calmed down & had her all cleaned up she turned to me, 'Reese?' She asked I could hear the fear coming from her voice as I was facing away from her, I knew what was coming as I swallowed the lump in my throat, 'yes Loey?' I turned towards her looking at her beautiful blonde hair as it hung over her right eye just covering the bruise on her cheek. 'Has Dad always been this way?..' I could tell she wanted to cry but was trying to be strong in front of me as she is the second oldest. I wanted to shout out to the world and tell her yes he's always been this way but that's not the truth. I sat down on a chair in front of her. 'No Loey he wasn't always this way. He turned on me just shortly after my 13th birthday, it's got to be something about teens' I tucked her into my bed going to check on Layne & Hayley.
I was 15, Loey had just turned 13 a few weeks ago. Now it wasn't just me he was going after. I thought he was singling me out because I looked most like Mom, with the red velvet hair & chocolate brown eyes. I've been told my whole life that I was my mothers mini twin because of how much I look like her, but now that he's going after Loey, his female mini twin I know that it's not because I look like my mother for the reason he started abusing me.
I stood outside Hayley & Laynes room watching them as they sleep. The whole house was quiet now. He finally tired himself out. Or so I thought as I heard him starting his journey upstairs, I quickly & quietly grabbed Layne & Hayley taking them to my room, just as we entered my room he saw me starting to yell at me as I just barley got my door closed locking it before he could come into my room. The girls were still asleep as the banging on the door began. I normally would just go to sleep because he would stop but I have this feeling in my stomach telling me to get out of the house as the door began to crack, I ran to my nightstand grabbing my phone as I started to shake uncontrollably. I dialled the number for my aunt the phone rang a few times before I could hear my aunts voice on the other end 'Hello? Reese? What's going on? It's 2:30am!' I gulped before I could get any words out 'auntie I have no time to explain can you meet us at our spot right now?' I could tell she could hear him screaming in the background because she agreed then told me to take the girls out the window.
I quickly threw the bags of ours I had packed in my closet out the window, I helped Loey & Layne out the window as I was lowering Hayley out I could hear the door about to be beat down 'Loey you remember where we meet auntie?' I asked as Hayley got to the ground. My heart was beating so loud I could hardly hear Loey answer 'good' I replied to her. As I started climbing out the window he had broken the door down, I turned to face the door as I saw his face completely red, i sat there like a deer in headlights 'REESE ALEXANDRIA HARPER AVERY SNOW' he came running towards me as I struggled to try and get down out of the window, he grabbed me last second pulling me back into the room 'Loey run! Go meet auntie!' They ran off with their bags as he threw me to the floor causing me to hit the back of my head off my bed. I screamed out in pain as I reached to touch my head pulling my hand away as it's covered in blood. I tried to push myself up off the floor when I felt his foot connect with my ribs knocking the wind right out of me. I started coughing gasping for air as I spit out blood. 'Please' I begged him to stop he grabbed a handful of my hair yanking my head upwards as I yelped in pain 'you look exactly like her..stupid bitch!' He threw me back on the ground, as he was walking away I knew I had to stop him or he'd go after the girls. They'd never survive a beating from him. I forced myself up through all the pain 'what? Is that all you got? You're mad cause I look like Mom so you think that give you the right to beat on me? Why don't you pick on someone your own size?' He walks over to me eyes full of anger. I could tell I was going to regret saying anything to him but i have to protect my sisters. They're the only family I have left.
I struggled to even stay standing as he got closer to me. 'What did you say to me?' he snarled I hurt too much for me to even breath but I knew I had to keep going. 'You heard me, you have to go after helpless children because you couldn't take on someone your own size' before I could continue he knocked my feet out from under me making me fall backwards into my mirror causing the glass to shatter having pieces lodge themselves into my body. I screamed out in pain as I could feel my body closing in on itself. He came closer to me grabbing me by the throat lifting me off the ground. 'I was talking about your mother. She was taken from me because of you!' I couldn't breathe every breath got harder & harder to take it was like I was drowning with nobody around to help me. Tears formed in my eyes as all my memories began to play in my head, meeting all three of my sisters for the very first time, going to parks with my mom.. attending her funeral.. the day he started to abuse me.. everything came flooding back into my mind. Then it went black.