Living in a protected community, the girls never had any major conflicts at home. There were no drugs or alcaholics or parents who abandoned their children. Divorce was unheard of, alike with cheating and family betrayal.
Xoa's family issues stemmed from not her parents, but her brother. Four years older than her, Dean began to have violent outbursts. He started drinking more than usual and began to take his anger out on everyone around him.
Xoa gained scars from the violence Dean directed towards his family. Her arms grew scars to match to self inflicted ones on her thighs. The scars extended to her mental state of mind. Xoa had seen things she could never forget. Holes marked several walls in her house, and glass shattered around the windows. The worst part was the pains that haunted her parents after the outbursts.
She blamed herself because she could't do enough to stop her brother from hurting her parents. Dean had stopped taking his medication, but Xoa knew where it was kept.
Xoa was already in a dark place, she was blinded from her own pain. She didnt even stop herself from going into the medecine drawer, finding her brothers medication and popping the pills every night. The drugged state the unprescribed medecine left her in stopped her from sleeping. like caffine, it helped calm her down but at the cost of her sanity. When she wasn't sleeping, she felt worthless. Nothing in her life was working.
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