Star Bright

Chapter 3

She responded turning around and walking to the back room. She pulled her jacket out of her locker and shrugged it on. She sat down on the bench with her purse held on her lap, silently waiting for Jane to finish up so they could go home. She knew she would get into trouble for leaving those jerks unattended, but that would be child’s play compared to what Ricky would do if he walked in and found her with them.

Maria took a deep breath and fought the urge to search for Ricky, fearing he might at any second attack her for the idiot’s remark. The thought of another beating sent a cold chill down her back, and it angered her that she lived in constant fear. She hated men. If she could, she would take them all out, starting with Ricky, then the assholes at her table and then maybe find her dad and kill him too. If he bothered to visit once in a while, he would have taken care of Ricky like a father should and she would finally breathe easy.

She hated men.

All men.

Every single one of them.

They were like roaches infesting the world, never dying. And if one did, another one was born to replace him and pick up the trend of objectifying, hurting and using women like toilet paper.

Michael was a child, so he didn’t count.

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always felt like she was taking advantage of her mother, all things considered. She went into her son’s room to watch him sleep. She loved doing that. It gave her the peace that she so badly needed. She sat down next to him gently stroking his long hair. Edna always said he looked like Miguel, but Maria could see some traces of Ricky and she hated that. He had his brown eyes, his chin and a stare that scared her when

down and kissed his forehead. He stirred awake and turned to

stretched his arms out for a hug. Maria bent down and held her son tightly against her. She

with me

back and stared at him. The only time he asked her to sleep in his bed was when Ricky was drunk or he

let her family suffer in the hands of

him tight against her. But for some reason, it felt like he was holding onto her. She held back a sob and wiped her flowing tears away. She couldn’t let this go on

when all hell broke loose. Michael

“Mama! Mama!”

out of bed and stood by her son’s locked door. She whimpered in fear watching Edna lean against it fighting to keep Ricky from knocking it down. He was screaming for Maria, threatening to burn down the house if she didn’t open the door. Maria looked at her scared mother and her crying son. It took all she had to keep from breaking down. She didn’t doubt Ricky would carry out his threat. She needed to

him, but he

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