Somnium flipped around and felt the sunbeams hit her face making a warm feeling inside her. It was a nice scene, much better than the darkness of the night had been. She absolutely hated the night and everything in it. The more Somnium thought about her experience from last night, the more logical reasons came into her mind. Maybe it wasn’t a dream. Maybe it was Laura or Aaron lurking in my room waiting for me to fall asleep so they can sneak out and have another affair. She told herself. Laura and Aaron are Somnium’s step-parents. Her biological parents had put her up for adoption when she was a few months old. Somnium had been told that she was forced into adoption when biological parents had abused her and left her with a large deep cut …show more content…
At 6 years old, Somnium learned to be independent. She was cooking for herself, getting herself ready for school, and going out to the park by herself. Laura and Aaron were never home because of going to parties and attending meetings so it was a very good thing for Somnium to become independent at a young age. Nowadays, Laura and Aaron weren’t just going to parties and attending meetings, they were also going on vacation together. They would leave Somnium by herself for up to 2 weeks at a time to go on cruises and to resorts. Unfortunately Somnium’s home life had gotten worse. It stopped being just emotional abuse and the physical abuse began. The lovebirds were flying in different paths. They snuck behind each others backs to several different lovers and out to bars to have a quick hookup. When Laura was home, she would yell, threaten, insult and beat Somnium. While Laura would go to work, Aaron would be home. He was quiet but was always looking at Somnium for some unknown reason. If he came home drunk, he would also yell and insult Somnium. Somnium didn’t mind any of this. Especially now that she was 16. If she did something to displease her step-parents, they would put her back up for adoption, and she figured nobody would want an all grown up