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My Life Of My Father

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Not long after I had turned seven, my mother had demanded a divorce from my father, but he didn’t want one and started to threaten my mother if she left him. For instance, one morning, I recall my mother arguing with my father about him not being around and always being drunk and high on drugs. My father was going around the house punching walls and throwing picture frames and anything he was able to get his hands on. I remember running into my parent’s room and seeing my mother holding on to my little sister with tears rolling down her face. I immediately went to my mother and wrapped my arms around her leg, holding on to her with what seemed like a death grip, afraid that my father was going to do something to her. I figured if I was there, my father wouldn’t do anything. It wasn’t long after, that my father bolted into the room with a handgun, pointing it in the direction of my mother. To my surprise, the words that came out of my father’s mouth next would haunt me for years to come. My father screamed at the top of his lungs, “Hija de tu puta madre, If you even think of leaving me, I will put a bullet in your head! Y si piensas de hablarle a la policia, a tus hijos le hago lo mismo!” It was then, that I knew my father was capable of not only hurting my mother, but my sister and I as well. That same day, my father left the house and didn’t return for two days. I saw my mother cry for days and noticed how terrified she was when the phone rang. We didn’t know when my father

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