*wow this one is a long one I walked through the door of Anna’s house. Keera and Anna ran up to me. “Oh my god Hil, are you okay?” asked Keera. “Yah I’m fine … How did you guys know about it I didn’t see you there?” I asked. Anna explained “We pulled up to the house and we saw all the cop cars they told us to go home and wait there for you!” “We were so scared Hilary, we called Janine she is on her way home now. We though you were dead for a second there…” Keera added in. “Thanks guys… I’m alright I guess. I just want to take a shower and forget about all this.” “Alright Hilary that’s a good idea you get to bed we will tell Janine what happened.” Anna said. “Thanks…for everything…night guys.” I walked upstairs and went into the bathroom. I looked in the mirror I had a few bruises and a cut down my cheek. There were a few bruises down my arms. I dropped to the floor and started to cry. I was raped and I had to put it in my past. Adam was going to jail. Then I thought of Robbie, Anna, Keera and Janine and what they have done for me. I was glad I had them in my life. I stopped crying and hopped in the shower I was in there for a good 45 minutes washing all the grime off me. I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body and walked to my room. I got my comfy pajamas and went to bed. The next morning Keera woke me up. “Hilary, do you want to come to the mall with Anna and I? We are going to buy Christmas presents.” I almost forgot that it was December 1st today. “Sure Keera just give me 15 minutes.” I said. I quickly got ready and we went downstairs. Anna and Keera were waiting with their coats on. I grabbed mine and we walked out the door. Keera drove a big black SUV. It was real nice inside. She kept it really clean. Anna sat in the back and I sat in the front with Keera and we drove to the mall. After about 5 hours at the mall, we were done our shopping. I bought two presents each for Robbie, Anna, Keera and Janine and a present for Kit. I got Robbie the new alexisonfire CD and some ck 1 cologne. For Anna, I got her this Got2b gift basket (it was full of hair products and a new David and Goliath t-shirt. It was one of those Goodbye Kitty shirts. Keera, I got her a gift certificate to Abercrombie and Fitch and a new charm for her link bracelet (It was a little bottle of nail polish because she loves painting nails)! Janine was tough to find presents for, but I managed. I got her a new Doctor Phil book on how to deal with stress and yoga mat and book, and for Kit, I got her a new silver picture friend from Claire’s with purple and blue flowers. It said best on the bottom. I put a picture of us at grade 8 grad in it. We piled our bags into the trunk and drove home. When we got there, there was a police car in front of the house. We pulled up and got out of the SUV. A cop I had saw the night before got out and came up to me “Ms. Faro is this your mother?” the cop asked and he handed me a picture of her at her cousins wedding. “Yes sir it is. Why did something happen?” “Ms. Faro do you have any idea were your father is?” My dad left me and my mom when I was four I had one faint picture of him in my mind. It haunted me at night. “No officer I don’t…” I was scared. I was about ready to throw up. “I hate being the barer of bad news… your mother was walking out of the grocery store around 8:00 last night. Our guess was that your dad came back and confronted her in the parking lot. Security cameras show them talking and then your dad pulled out a gun and shot your mother. Is this him?” He showed me a mug shot of a man. I was in total shock. I pulled out the picture in the back of my mind. The man in the picture was my father. I started to cry… my dad a murderer. This couldn’t be happening. “Yes officer that man is my father.” “Ms. Faro I know you are in shock but I need to tell you that you have to be super careful. I would suggest changing your last name so it is harder for you to be traced. If you see this man or anyone strange following you, you need to call the police and I will personally check it out for you. Never walk alone either alright and I would suggest carrying this just incase.” The police officer handed me a pocket knife. I was balling my eyes out by now. Anna had her arms around me comforting me. “Hilary I understand that you didn’t live with your mother…” the cap started to say but Keera cut her off. “Officer she always has a home here. She can stay with us as long as she wants.” The police officer smiled and looked back at me “Hilary, I know this is short notice but you need to go over to your mom’s house tomorrow and clear out the stuff that you want to keep. We will take care of the stuff you don’t want and the things you want to put in storage.” I nodded “Thank you officer. I appreciate all the help.” “Call me Kevin... here is my personal number if you have nay trouble I will be here within minutes.” We said goodbye and I ran inside. I wasn’t crying anymore. I don’t know why, I was more scared about my father coming after me. “Are you alright Hil?” asked Anna as she walked into the living room. “Not really…” she smiled. “I’ll be right back. In about 2 minutes she was back. In her hands she had a new tub of cookie dough ice cream, 2 spoons and 3 movies, Edward Scissors Hands, The Virgin Suicides and White Oleander. “Only one thing takes us girls out of our misery… pigging out on ice cream and our favourite movies.” “Thanks so much Anna.” I smiled at her and gave her a big hug. This was weird… I just found out my crazy father killed my mother and I was smiling. I never really like my mother. She did not fit the role as a mother. She drank and did drugs and not to mention wasn’t home half the time. I decided to put all the stuff behind me and start fresh. I was scared that my father was going to kill me. Anna and I opened the tub of ice cream and popped the White Oleander DVD in the player…