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Dry Your Black Eyes
Twenty Three
I am sitting here in the room, staring out the window.
My chin is sitting on my hand, the way women rest all their sadness on an elbow.
"Hope, your aunt is here to get you." The same policeman i punched says. He walks away, returning the ice pack to his cheek.
I smirked. But my grin soon melts away when i see the look on Aunt Leona's face. She looks like she's about ready to kill me.
"Hope." She glares at me.
I look down at the floor. "Aunt Le."
"Why did you do this, Hope? I thought you were responsible."
"I AM responsible. He broke into the house , Jay--"
"No. Don't even say that name. Don't try to make up such lies. Your aunt and i have been through enough grief that he has put us through." 
"I'm not lying." I look her right in the eye. "He tried to kill me. He grabbed my hair and slammed me down on the ground. He was going to kick me but i knocked him down and ran here.." 
"We're leaving now."
"But.."
"No. The policeman isn't pressing charges. But you're grounded. Let's go."
"Grounded?"
"A month."
"A MONTH?!"
"Wanna make it two?"
I shut my mouth. She escorts me out the door into the car and drives home in silence. "I haven't actually been home yet, so it better not be a mess," She looks over her shoulder and says.
Wait, I can still prove myself to be innocent, then. I smile. She gives me a weird look. "You hear me, Hope?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever."
She gives me another weird look, only this time, it's more of a glare.
But when we pull up and walk up the pathway, we notice something extremely strange. The door is ripped off its hinges.
"What did you do?"
I don't answer.
We walk through the house, scanning the damages. Broken mirrors. Broken chairs, tables, couches.. Everything is broken.
Then we get to the bathroom, and the glass pieces are everywhere.
"Hope, what the hell happened here?!" 
"I TOLD YOU. JAY WAS HERE." 
She doesn't seem to believe me, but she doesnt reply.
"Was?" I hear a deep, farmiliar voice. The voice cackles. "I still am."
We turn around slowly, and it's not like i'm shocked at who i see.
But Aunt Leona Is.
And Jay is shocked to see her too.

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