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Always A Rainbow After The Rain
Within a heartbeat she lurched to her feet and threw the plate in the air. The girl ducked for cover as the plate came crushing down the wall; leaving a white and yellow smudge from the food. Her large blue eyes were livid; searching frantically for little Rainbow. She spotted her and grinned hellishly at her daughter. The girl stole a glance at her mother and curled up her body. She covered her head with both her hands and waited for the attack. She closed her eyes and started counting backwards from fifty; a habit she had developed to stop her from crying so that her schizophrenic mother wouldnt kill her for crying since it seemed to irritate her more when she cried.
"...forty-six, forty-five, forty-four...she was seized by the neck of her sweater and hurled upwards. She came crashing on the coffee table with her back and bruised her arm in the process. It was nothing; she was used to worse than that. Her mother was hurling insults at her in the process, "Always a rainbow after the rains my foot! What kind of rainbow is this huh? Useless bitch?! You killed my husband and took all my money! Where is my Michael huh?" she grabbed the girl by the hair and shook her vigorously, "The police favor you and say Im crazy! CRAZY?! See who's crazy now huh?" she released the girls face and slapped her hard across the face. Her lip tore and blood ran down her bony chin. It hurt, it was terrifying but she did not cry; she could not cry anymore. Momma was sick and it would all be over soon.
At the sight of the girls blood, the woman suddenly felt sick and ran to the bathroom. Without thinking, Rainbow followed her in and took the sedative granny Adams kept handy for such situations from the medicine cabinet. Her mother was wiping her mouth unsuspectingly after throwing up from the sight of blood when Rainbow shot her with the sedative from behind. It did not take much and her mother was fast asleep. She hated doing this but she knew she had to do it for both their sakes.
She was starting to doze off next to her mother when the doorbell rang. Like an automatic, Rainbow sprung to her feet and went to answer the door. It was the pizza kid from the local pizza outlet about thirty minutes from where they resided. Granny Adams always ordered a little pizza for Rainbow on days when she would not be home for the whole day or maybe running a little late. She felt guilty and scared leaving the little girl alone with her sick mother, but then, there was nothing she could do because poor Rainbow was socially withdrawn and had since developed a phobia towards people in general. As a result, the old woman had then resorted to leaving the girl behind when she ran some errands.
"Err, hi. I have a delivery for miss Rainbow Summers?" recited the boy as he usually did. He was a welcome sight. Rainbow did not smile but her eyes sparkled at the sight of him. She looked at him and the boy smiled warmly at her. She took the parcel and signed for it. The pizza kid had on the usual khaki pants he always wore, some black worn-out Converse sneakers and a black round...
"...forty-six, forty-five, forty-four...she was seized by the neck of her sweater and hurled upwards. She came crashing on the coffee table with her back and bruised her arm in the process. It was nothing; she was used to worse than that. Her mother was hurling insults at her in the process, "Always a rainbow after the rains my foot! What kind of rainbow is this huh? Useless bitch?! You killed my husband and took all my money! Where is my Michael huh?" she grabbed the girl by the hair and shook her vigorously, "The police favor you and say Im crazy! CRAZY?! See who's crazy now huh?" she released the girls face and slapped her hard across the face. Her lip tore and blood ran down her bony chin. It hurt, it was terrifying but she did not cry; she could not cry anymore. Momma was sick and it would all be over soon.
At the sight of the girls blood, the woman suddenly felt sick and ran to the bathroom. Without thinking, Rainbow followed her in and took the sedative granny Adams kept handy for such situations from the medicine cabinet. Her mother was wiping her mouth unsuspectingly after throwing up from the sight of blood when Rainbow shot her with the sedative from behind. It did not take much and her mother was fast asleep. She hated doing this but she knew she had to do it for both their sakes.
She was starting to doze off next to her mother when the doorbell rang. Like an automatic, Rainbow sprung to her feet and went to answer the door. It was the pizza kid from the local pizza outlet about thirty minutes from where they resided. Granny Adams always ordered a little pizza for Rainbow on days when she would not be home for the whole day or maybe running a little late. She felt guilty and scared leaving the little girl alone with her sick mother, but then, there was nothing she could do because poor Rainbow was socially withdrawn and had since developed a phobia towards people in general. As a result, the old woman had then resorted to leaving the girl behind when she ran some errands.
"Err, hi. I have a delivery for miss Rainbow Summers?" recited the boy as he usually did. He was a welcome sight. Rainbow did not smile but her eyes sparkled at the sight of him. She looked at him and the boy smiled warmly at her. She took the parcel and signed for it. The pizza kid had on the usual khaki pants he always wore, some black worn-out Converse sneakers and a black round...
