Prologue

Midnight Hollow. A dark place. The darkest of them all, yet this was my home. I lived with my mommy and daddy, my two older brothers and our family dog, Bisquit.
I was 10 years old. Young enough to still find it fun to play with dolls and teddy bears, but old enough to know when something is very, very wrong.
It was a Thursday night. My mom and dad had been to a meeting at my school, where they both worked as teachers. I was home alone. My brothers were out practicing with their band. It was so quiet. I missed my parents, especially my mom. She was my hero, the best of them all. When ever i was scared or sad, she was the one i went to for support. My dad was hardly ever home. When his workday ended, he went to his friends house to work on some car they had bought together, a real fixer-upper. I'm not actually sure what that word means, but dad said that is what it was.
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What was that? I heard a cardoor slam shut and raised voices. "...believe you would do that!"
I ran to my bedroom and shut the door, though with my ear pressed against the keyhole.
"I'm sorry!" I could hear my mom's voice, begging for mercy. "I'm so so sorry honey, I..."
"Don't honey me! You did this yourself." Smack! I heard my mom cry. I hated when he hit her. Normally he would wait until we were in bed and fast asleep. I guess he forgot I was still up.
"Don't." She whimpered.
"What did you say?" He was very angry this time, I could hear. I wish it would all go away. She didn't deserve this. I loved my dad, but god, sometimes I really hated him.
"You did this to yourself! How could you cheat on me?" Slap! "You ruined us!" Slap, slap!
"I didn't mean to." She was crying harder now. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"I'm going to check on Alyca and then I will be off."
I heard him walk down the hall. I hurried over to my bed and crawled beneath the covers, closed my eyes and tried to get control over my breathing.
The door opened. "Alyca? Darling?" he said with a sweet voice, I knew was fake. "Darling i'm leaving, please wake up so i can say goodbye." I kept my eyes shut and hoped he couldn't tell on my heavy breathing that I was awake. He walked over and kissed my cheek. "I love you my dearest. I hope we get to see each other again soon. Goodbye." And with that, he left. I never saw him again. Not that i was that sad about it though. He hurt my mom and through that he hurt me too. Now it was just me and mom and my brothers and Bisquit. I thought everything would be fine now. He was gone, and no one could hurt our family ever again. Boy, was I wrong...