What’s the most evil thing anyone has ever done to you?

The Failed Escape and Immediate Backlash

When I told my abusive mom I wanted to move out of her house for college, she started literally bawling her eyes out and screaming that I don’t love her. My sister walked in and asked what happened. My mom screamed that I don’t love her and want to move away.

My sister took out her phone and completely unprovoked sent me the following DM:

“you dumb I hate you you’re trash and I’m glad you were robed no one loves you and no ever will and how dare you make my mom upset she was kind to you all her life and all she wanted was for you to stay you’re never going to be anything.

And I know you’ve been feeling like unal living yourself so why don’t you actually go and do it no one will care your boyfriend broke up with you last year and I think that goes to show no one cares about you I hope you get raped again but I should stop talking before you call the cops on me like you used to do to mom when we were kids there’s so much I’d love to say to you but I don’t want to be a bully”.

When I read that, I started crying. When my mom saw me crying, she started laughing uncontrollably and calling sister hilarious.

“You’re going nowhere,” my mom said to me before walking away.

I tried to calm down, tried to think, but then my sister walked back into the room. She had this smug look on her face. She stopped in front of me and just stared, like she was daring me to say something.

“What’s wrong?” she asked, her voice dripping with fake concern.

“Did I hurt your feelings?”.

She didn’t wait for me to answer.

“Oh wait, I forgot you don’t have any,”.

“You’re just this empty shell who thinks everyone owes her something,”.

I didn’t say anything. I didn’t trust myself to speak. I knew if I opened my mouth, I’d either scream or start crying again, and I didn’t want to give her the satisfaction.

She leaned in closer, lowering her voice. “You’re such a pathetic little crybaby; no wonder no one wants you around,”.

Then she moved behind me, and before I could react, she flicked the back of my head. I stumbled forward a bit, and she laughed.

“Oops,” she said mockingly, “sorry, didn’t see you standing there,”.

It stung, but I didn’t turn around. I just stood there, my fists clenched, trying to hold it together. I felt trapped, like I couldn’t even move.

She leaned in again, her breath against my ear. “You know you really should do everyone a favor and just disappear,”. “You’d be doing us all a huge favor,”.

I closed my eyes, wishing I could just disappear into the floor, wishing I was anywhere but here. She pulled back and laughed again, a harsh, mean sound.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought,”.

“Go ahead, keep pretending you’re all brave and tough, but we all know you’re just a coward,”.

She turned and walked away, leaving me standing there, still shaking. My head was throbbing where she’d flicked it, but it was nothing compared to the heaviness in my chest.

I took a deep breath, trying to steady myself. I knew I had to get out of here, but I didn’t know how. My mom was right: I was going nowhere.