Chapter 3

Punishment from mother started with only sitting in the corner. After a while, however, that seemed to not be good enough. Mother began smashing my face into the mirror and I was to stay there until noted otherwise. When father was home I spent most of my time with him. He was protection from my mother. One day while he was at work mother damaged my arm. She made up with huge story about how she tried to catch me from the top bunk. It made me sick. At school I was really happy. I made tons of friends and I did well in school. Mother told me I was a bad boy though and she had me held back. For Christmas I received a paint by number set that father had bought behind my mother's back and when we went to the campsite this year they dropped me off at our aunt's house. I wanted to be with them so I tried to escape but I failed in the end. One night mother decided I could not go to the club meetings anymore. She took me home and tried to burn me on the stove! I outsmarted her though by buying time. I won! I beat mother for the first time! That's when I decided I will be strong and survive.