Part 14
Title: Souls Torn and Mended
An avatar the last airbender story^^
TW: Violence, Familial Abuse
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I tried reaching my hand out to my mother's shoulder. This didn't need to happen. Not like this. Anything but this!

"Kaoru is your son! I never laid with another man!" Tears pricked her eyes, and fell. No longer from a place of deep misery, but one of burning hatred. "Why won't you believe me? Believe us!" I couldn’t breathe.

I placed my shaking hand on my mothers shoulder and turned to placate my father before things could get any-

[i]Smack.[/i]

In an instant she was on the ground. Reaching her hand up to her face, she turned to my father, teeth grinding.

"How dare you! Are you such an incompetent man you have to resort to fists instead of words? You've always done this!"

A burning sensation crawled up my neck. Turning my head I could see all the eyes found their way to us.

Why did I have to deal with this?

What had I done so wrong?

I watched as my father lurched forward, and yanked my mother up from the floor.

Their screams began and others attempted to separate them. I couldn't understand a single word. I couldn't understand anything at all.