Same as every night, Chloe went to bed as late as possible because she does not want to go to sleep at all. But as soon as she closed her eyes, all the memories came floating back..
Since her childhood Chloe keeps having the same dream every night, her father coming home drunk and beating her and her big brother JJ up while they tried to run away and hide in the closet or under the bed.. They were used to it at this point but that didn't make it any better.
He would be out all day so they had to make themselves food and get to school. When he did came home late at night JJ and Chloe fell asleep at the couch watching TV, they felt the safest with each other. Chloe would slowly wake up when she heard her fathers car running up, even tho he couldn't even drive while being under influence. She would hear him trying to get the right key to open the door and that's when she woke JJ up. When they realized how late it was, they started running away in the hope that their dad maybe was too tired to even come after them after all the drinking and God knows what he does.
But he never was, he would always find some energy to search them and to let them know who the boss was in the house.

Since the age of 7 JJ started taking care of his 6 year old little sister, their dad was never really their but he still felt some need to look out for them or at least he had to keep them healthy. That all stopped when he started going out and drinking every night.
That was the point where JJ realized that he was the one who needed to be there for Chloe. Over the years they became closer then any close siblings you know. JJ was the type overprotective type of brother, but in a good way. He wanted the best for his little sister and always looked out for her.

Their dad said beating them made them stronger. On one side it only really left scars, but on the other side it did in fact made them stronger, inside and outside.

JJ and Chloe are only one year apart and their mom left when they were only baby's. Their dad blamed them for it. They kept questioning was it really their fault? What if she never left.. would their dad have done all the things he did?