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~ A M E L I A ~ I was crying. My head was pressed on my arms, which were resting on my knees as I was balled up in the corner of the room. ‘Amelia, why are you crying?’ My dad’s voice echoed in the empty room. Looking up at him, my pre-teen eyes glazed with a thousand tears, my voice staggering trying to steady my breath, ‘Th-th-they shoved m-me a-and kicked m-me…’ Dad, kneeling in front of me, huffed a suppressed chuckle, shaking his head, ‘Oh, sweetie, that’s what they do during these fights.’ Shaking my head, ‘I-I don’t w-want to d-do it any m-more…’ He frowned, ‘Really?’ A nod. He sighed, ‘Very well, if that’s what you want. I got to say though, I never took you for a quitter.’ Pouting, I huffed, ‘I’m not!’ Dad raised a brow. ‘I just don’t want to get hurt like that a