Abuse?

They say I'm being abused. What is abuse? Am I a part of it? I know in Scotland I used to be, but am I still. The law says I'm within my rights to not go home, especially if I don't feel safe.

It says I'm in the right, but I don't feel it. I feel as though I'm making it all up. But I've got the bruises to show for it. I shut myself off from conversation, because life is so dull and meaningless now.


They say Sharon and Steve might be areested. And we might be sent away to live somewhere else. It's only Melissa and I that "present a problem".

I'm scared and don't know what to do. I'm scared to go home in the nights, scared to be in the house, just plain scared. And it's making me ill. I feel empty. It's horrible.

She's taken every possible belonging away from me. Such as my cadet uniform, my 3822, my books, my school things, my make up, my hair straighteners, hair dryer, stupid things, like a bloody alarm clock!

I feel so alone.