Between Life and Death

I turn the doorknob and see my mother with her boyfriend Rick. I could also see new bruises on her arms.

"Where the hell have you been Christal!" Rick yells.

"You have no right to fucking talk to me like ths!" I yell back

"You are a child and I am an adult, I have every fucking right to yell at you! Go to your fucking room and get the hell out of my face!" he screams

"Fuck you!" I yell as I go up the steps.

I salm the door of my room and grab my blade