Everyone is not who they say they are by Lyzette Soto

Betty was sick and tired of putting up with him. The person who she thought she loved turned out to be a completely different person. She had a child at 19 and didn’t know any better but to stay with him because she didn’t want her child to grow up without a father. Some days were more normal than others where as if she was a prisoner. While he would go to do whatever he wished, he would leave her with their child and lock the doors. She wasn’t able to go out unless she was sneaking about it. There was a moment when she was just laying on her low bed and he barges in angry. He was blabbering on about something stupid and she said, “You know what man I don’t wanna argue with you right. I’m tired.” He was upset by her comment and grabbed her feet and dragged her off the bed. That caused her to scrap her stomach on the baseboard of the bed. She got defensive and ran to the kitchen and he chased after her. She bundled up a bunch of dishes and started throwing them on the floor yelling, “ You wanna hit me, come closer!” She had scars just because of him. Did she deserve all of this? Her family was the only one she could turn to and he knew that. Her younger brother, John, was having a family get together that weekend. She had it all planned out, she going to go to the party and tell her younger brother who was very protective. She knew her brother would want to hurt him when he found out all the abuse he was causing her. On the way to the party, she was quiet and didn’t try to argue with him. He was getting suspicious and told her, “We’re not going to my brother’s house” and she responded with, “What?!” He just kept saying that she was coming with him and she had no choice. Then she said, “You better drop me off over there or I’m going to jump out this car… me and my baby.” He looked at her with confused look and slowly said, “You rather jump out a car, then be with me?” and she said, “Yes! You treat me like crap!” So he dropped her off at her sister’s house which was no point because no one was home and her brother’s house was about 6 blocks away. He drove off and just left her. She decided to go through the window, but then she heard something. He came back and was pounding on the door so she hid with her small baby. Eventually he went away, and Betty went walking to her brother’s house. When she got there she told everyone that she was done with him. They heard it before but this time she was dead serious. She went to her brother and showed him the scars of when he pulled her off the bed. Her brother was so angry he wanted to find him and he even said, “ I’m going to beat his ass!” But Betty just tried to calm him down and forget him because he wasn’t going to be in her life anymore.