... . Little did I know that this was the beginning of the most twisted story an eleven-year-old girl could fathom. The first time I ever saw my dad cry was the spring of sixth grade. I came home from a typical day of school to not the usual smell of dinner being prepared, and my dad in the living room staring vacantly at the ... ; At this point, he was crying to the point where he couldn't breathe. That was the first time I cried that night. It wasn't a wailing kind of cry, it was the silent cry. The one where you feel it burn in your throat and your eyes become blurry from tears. The one wh...

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• Grade Level: High School