Knock... knock... knock...
The little girl looked up from her book. Had that knock come from the window?
She looked outside. There wasn't anyone there.
She opened the window and looked from side to side. Still nothing. Just the smell of sulfur.
Confused, she shrugged and closed the window back, going to finish her book.
The next day, her father seemed... off. Irritable, even.
The trend continued for about a week, with her father just getting angrier and angrier, until he finally snapped and back-handed her mother.
They fought while the girl hid in her room, crying harder with every glass breaking, and every scream or shout.
She woke up the next morning to a hole in the master bedroom, but her mother otherwise unharmed.
Knock... knock... knock...
Her head whipped to the window. There was the face of a small boy, around her age, staring back at her.
He waved.
She shook her head.
Knock... knock... knock...
He rapped on the window.
She shook her head firmly. She'd just made that mistake she wasn't making it again.
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