Chaper 5

Mother told me i had 20 minutes to finish the dishes. Of course, I wanted to get it done or else I would get fed. I needed to eat. I could hear my stomache grumble. All of a sudden, Mother did something horrible; She stabbed me! I didn't take it personal. I knew it was an accident because she was drunk. She didn't mean to stab me. Since Mother stabbed me, she gave me 30 minutes to do dishes, instead of 20 minutes. I was a lot of pain. I tried to tell Father to about it, hoping he would take me to the hospital. I was hurt when Father didn't pay me any attention. He just told me to get back to my dishes. Suddenly, Mother started acting a little different. She was a little more gentle with me. She always wanted to be a nurse, so she took care of my wound. I thought Mother felt sorry for what she did, and all the punishment days were over. Little did I know, that was all just too good to be true. Mother still made me do my chores. One night, I noticed that pus was coming out from where i was stabbed. I knew it was a bad sign. I had to do something about it. I started to go get Mother, but then i had a change of thought. I needed to handle it myself. If I let Mother do it, it'd just be something else I gave Mother to control me with. I couldn't let that happen. I took care of it myself, and lessened the bleeding. I felt proud of myself.