{"id":2254,"date":"2019-07-30T02:20:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T02:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leighgrissom.com\/?post_type=portfolio_page&p=2254"},"modified":"2019-07-30T02:20:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T02:20:38","slug":"the-split","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_page","link":"https:\/\/leighgrissom.com\/portfolio_page\/the-split\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SPLIT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE SPLIT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bShe watched the man talk to Mommy. \u00a0She didn\u2019t like him, not at all, but didn\u2019t know why. \u00a0He just looked mean. \u00a0When he kissed Mommy\u2019s hand, she felt sick. \u00a0Only Daddy was supposed to do that stuff. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bJohn-Erich tugged on her shirt. \u00a0\u201cWhat are they sayin?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cStuff \u2018bout money. \u00a0I dunno what\u2026hide!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bThey both dove behind the white couch Mommy would never let them play on. \u00a0Mommy would never let them in the room at all; it was her \u201cbig person place\u201d, she called it. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bShe knew better. \u00a0Mommy went in there to drink smelly stuff and because she hated her and her brother.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cSsshhhh.\u201d she warned her twin. \u00a0He covered his mouth with his hands and huddled in the corner. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bThey listened to more talk, but then they heard Daddy\u2019s voice. \u00a0She was excited he was home early, but he was yelling and mad and that was never fun. \u00a0He told that creepy man not to take his kids\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cTake us? Who\u2019s taking us?\u201d John-Erich asked fearfully. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cSsshh!\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bThen something big went BOOM and Daddy was bleeding and the bad man said something about mommies being something and then Mommy was bleeding too and then she couldn\u2019t feel their thoughts no more and who were these men trying to take her and her brother and why did they do no no no no no no NO<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bGlass shattered. Men gurgled death screams and one had glass in his eye. Mommy was going to be mad because she really loved that ugly window<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b<IT\u2019S OKAY, BABY GIRL. I\u2019LL PROTECT YOU.><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cWho are\u2014\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bAnd the man had her and something hurt and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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