Victoria’s Coma by Blake X Poole
Victoria is now 15 years old. She is multi-racial because her mother was white and her dad is half Black, half Chinese. When Victoria was 6 years old, her dad got drunk and was driving, and they got into a car crash. Her mother got seriously injured in the car crash and became paralyzed. Her father got into serious trouble and he was sentenced to jail for fifteen years. Her mother wasn’t able to take care of her because she was confined to a wheelchair so she went to live with her aunt who was physically and verbally abusive towards her. Victoria’s aunt would say disgusting things to her like, “You are a stupid, ugly, disgusting rat and that’s why no one likes you.” Victoria’s feelings would get hurt and she goes to bed every night sobbing. Victoria’s aunt would kick Victoria down the stairs, she would treat Victoria like she is a dog by putting a leash on her and forcing her to eat food off the ground, and Victoria’s aunt will scratch her face up. When Victoria goes to school, her teachers would wonder why she always has bruises on her face and Victoria would always lie to them and say that she keeps falling on the floor and hurting herself. One day, Victoria missed her curfew and her aunt went searching for her throughout the neighbourhood. Victoria was with her friends at the park playing around and they were going to get something to eat. As Victoria walked with her friends to the store, before she even set foot in the store, her aunt grabbed her by her hair and threw Victoria into the trunk. Her friends were too scared to say anything, so they ran away. When they got back home Victoria got her phone taken away from her and then her aunt grabbed her by her shirt and took Victoria inside of the basement. Her aunt proceeded to shove her down the stairs and Victoria fell to the ground of the basement. Then her aunt locked the door to the basement so that Victoria couldn’t get out. Victoria layed down on the floor cold, bruised, hungry, and thirsty. Victoria sobbed and said, “Why does she treat me like this? Why does she hate me?” Victoria laid down on the ground for two hours and fell asleep. When she woke back up, she decided she had enough of being abused 148
