Chapter 7 From a room in the Omega Shelter , low cries of anguish leaked out now and then . They were my pleas for help . No one cared . My adoptive mother stood in the yard and shouted , " Keep it down ! There are a lot of people listening outside . " My adoptive father snapped , " Shut up . Be a good girl and you'll get a lollipop . Don't - and I'll kill you . " I didn't want a lollipop . I just wanted to live . To live with some dignity . But I couldn't . I really couldn't . The day they brought me back to the Blackberry Pack , the Moon Goddess knew how happy I had been . I thought someone would finally stand up for me my family , my pack . They looked so wonderful : good parents , a brother named Declan , and a kind , lovely sister . - I was almost ready to tell them everything , but the stain in my bedroom shattered all my courage . After that , I never got the chance . That was when I learned that my new home , my new pack , was not a paradise . It was another kind of hell . There was no one to rely on , no one to turn to . Worse , my adoptive father actually found me . He demanded money and wanted to keep tormenting me . I refused him outright . He threatened me . " If you don't behave , you think I won't go to the Blackberry Pack to find your parents ? Let's see if they still want their dirty daughter . " I gave up . Because I knew they wouldn't want their dirty daughter . The me when I was spotless ; they certainly would not want me after they learned about my filthy past . I thought that had to be the worst of it . I was wrong . Misfortune didn't pity you just because you were pitiful . That night my father got drunk , coughed up blood , and ran a high fever . I spent the whole night taking care of him . I almost asked Helena for help , but she sneered , " He isn't my biological dad . If he dies , dies . I don't care . " So I did it myself . he I wiped the grime from his face , helped him to bed , rifled through the first - aid kit for the right medicine by the instructions , and used a hot towel again and again to bring down his temperature and make him more comfortable . I cared for him until dawn , and when his color finally improved , I let myself sleep for the first time all night . When I woke up , my father and Helena were sitting at the kitchen table , smiling and eating breakfast together . He looked at me , disappointed , and asked why I hadn't checked on him last night , why I had left Helena to handle everything on her own . I stared at Helena's smug face and understood everything . I wanted to speak up , but I knew he wouldn't believe me , so I stayed silent . Then , by accident , I overheard Helena on the phone in the kitchen and fell right back into hell . She said , " That bitch Hazel pissed me off again . If I hadn't been clever , she'd have won our parents ' favor today . I want you to come find her tomorrow and teach her a lesson . Give her a good beating for me . " At that moment I realized she had set my father on me . How could she be so cruel ? I went straight for her . Helena didn't look scared at all . She opened a cabinet , took out a couple of lollipops , and mocked me , " What ? You dare come at me ? Want a lollipop ? " Something inside me finally snapped . Chapter 7 70.00 % R ReelShort Discover a gripping tale of low I don't know what I expected , but in that second , I wanted us both gone . I wanted to drag her down with me . I hadn't even landed a handful of slaps before my father stormed in . He beat me , then forced me to apologize to Helena . But the nightmare wasn't over . That night , Helena came to me with her face red and swollen where I had hit her . She glared at me like poison . " Hazel , " she hissed , " you ... you actually hit me . " Her voice was full of hate . " To punish you , I'm going to stage another suicide . I'll make sure your beloved family finally throws you out of the pack for good . " Her words landed like a physical blow . I had nowhere left to go .