Why did she tattle on Charlie? She should've kept her mouth shut. Charlie's fist bangs on the wood, threatening to break it down if Sam doesn't open it immediately, and she's praying the splintered frame can withstand him for just a few more moments. As she sits in her room, curled up in the darkness under her bed, she stares at the crack in the door and listens to the wood floor that creaks underneath his 200lb body while he inches closer. However, after a life-threatening event occurs at the hands of her brother, she's quick to reveal a secret to their mother, and escalates the abuse in the home to a level that she's unsure she will survive. Struggling to hide the cuts and bruises from her teachers and friends, Sam walks the halls of the school in emotional turmoil.
Now teenagers, Charlie is following in the footsteps of their mother, and zeros in on his little sister as his main target of angry outbursts. Inspired by a true story of abuse As kids, Sam and her brother Charlie were inseparable, finding comfort in one another while hiding from their mother during her violent outbursts, but that is about to change.
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