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    Behind Closed Doors
    Behind Closed Doors
    Behind Closed Doors
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    Behind Closed Doors

    By David Oconner

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    Sheila twisted and turned in her bed as she waited for the pain killers to kick in. Her left cheek was swollen and she could still feel the effect of the slap.

    This is a drama about a girl growing up in an abuseful household and dealing with the consequences of physical and mental abuse as she grows up.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Oconner
    Release dateApr 7, 2015
    ISBN9781311022929
    Behind Closed Doors
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    David Oconner

    David Oconner has been writing and publishing books on many of his varied interests. He has books on topics such as Cichlid Fish, How to Grow Tomatoes, Sugar Gliders, Juicing Recipes, Vegetarian Cookbook, How to Play Minecraft, Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, Halo 4, GuildWars 2, Scrolls, Eve Online, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Titanfall, Dark Souls II, and more.

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      Behind Closed Doors - David Oconner

      Behind Closed Doors

      By

      David Oconner

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      Behind Closed Doors

      Copyright © 2015 by David Oconner

      ISBN: 9781311022929

      Discover other titles by David Oconner at Smashwords.com

      This book is available in print at most online retailers.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher

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      Table of Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      About the Author

      Chapter One

      AGONY

      Sheila twisted and turned in her bed as she waited for the pain killers to kick in. Her left cheek was swollen and she could still feel the effect of the slap. She had learned how to fight back her tears but was still trying to deal with the insomnia.

      Girls in white dresses and blue stain sashes, she heard her mother sing in a drunken voice.

      She’s home she said to herself and curled herself into a ball in her bed. Fear crippled her heart and she knew what would happen next. She had learned how to anticipate it but one could never be too ready. She heard her mother fumble with her keys and drop them a few times before finally getting it right. The door opened with a loud thud, which was exaggerated by the still silent of the night.

      Sheila, she called out, Sheila ignored it and hugged her pillow tightly to her chest. She could tell that she was not her usual drunk from the tone of her voice. She heard her mother walk around the living room throwing things around while still calling out her name. Sheila did not know what to do; she knew what would happen if she ignored her and what would happen if she got out of bed to go listen to her. As she was contemplating between the lesser of two evils, she heard the door to her father’s room unlock. Her blood froze in her veins as she listened to every step her father took to the living room.

      You are home? He asked coldly. Sheila could not really make out which pajamas he was wearing that night nor his facial expression but she pictured the sky blue one with thin stripes running along it. She heard her mother go silent and held her breathe as she listened to what she would say next.

      You are late, he heard his father say again.

      I live here too and I can come home at whatever time that I damn well please, her mother snapped back.

      Whatever followed was expected; she heard a few thuds land on a human body but could not really know which part. She knew that her father did not really have any particular way of hitting.

      SHEILA, her mother cried out, whether for help or in pain she could not really tell but she now had to leave the safety of her bed and head downstairs.

      She walked into a familiar scene of her mother sited on the floor her arms raised to her face in defense while her father pulled her by the hair as he landed a countless number of blows all over in no particular order.

      Sheila, Sheila he’s going to kill me, her mother shouted and looked in Sheila’s direction. Sheila stood her ground, she did not know what to say or do as she took in the scene.

      Alas! The daughter of a harlot appears, her father said. Sheila could see that he was angry through his bloodshot eyes

      How much did you get tonight, was business low? her father asked as he shifted his attention from a dumbfounded Sheila to her drunken mother.

      Sheila’s mother remained silent, she tried so hard to keep her hands from trembling but it was all in vain. Her silence seemed to have renewed his strength, Sheila watched as her father aimed another slap for her mother’s face. The loud thud landed on Sheila’s back instead, try as she could not to get in between her parent’s squabbles, she sometimes could not help herself. Sheila found herself taking the blow for her mother. She winced in pain as the pain took over her body, her father went on to hit them both in no particular order and only seized after what to Sheila felt like eternity.

      He then walked up back upstairs and Sheila stole a glance in his direction to make sure that he was actually gone. She noticed that she had earlier guessed wrong he was wearing his plain white pajamas as opposed to the sky blue one that she had pictured him in. She listened as he took the final steps that led to his room and softly closed the door behind him.

      Were you waiting for me to die? her mother asked disgustedly as she slowly picked herself up from the floor. Sheila noticed how she winced in pain and knew that she was too proud to accept her help. She watched as her mother reached for her handbag, she was more stable now; the beating had sobered her up. She pulled out a bottle of vodka and took a long sip from it before turning her attention to Sheila. Sheila could not really read her facial expression due to the now black eye and a few bruises on her face.

      Mom, how long will you live this way? she asked and was shocked by her own voice after she had uttered these words. She had never before questioned her mother’s marriage and did not know what to really expect from her. Her mother took a moment to ponder on the question before taking another swing from the bottle of vodka that was now glued to her left hand.

      "When you are old enough to move out of this house, you are the reason

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