• The rain was poring. Her screans of agony could be heard over thunder and rang out through the night. She was heard, but who was to know that something terrible was happening? everyday she went to school, alone she hid the pain behind a mask of no emotion. everyone noticed that she had no one to come to school events. that she wore the same shoes for years, even though holy and tattered. then one day, she did not come to school. or the next day, or the next. for weeks, then months. she was forgotten. No one said or did anythin about it until years later. when they caught a man robbing a corner store and when they checked his history, found that he once had a wife and a child. the girl, who never returned to school after that fateful night.