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What Sally Said Yes, once upon a time in a town called Floptoria, there was a family. This family was the Stevensons. Now in the Stevensons, there was Collin Stevenson, the father, Linda Stevenson, the mother, Mark Stevenson, the oldest, Chad Stevenson, 12, Mary Stevenson, 9, and Sally Stevenson. Now this family seemed like a normal family, but behind the closed doors was abuse, both physical and emotional. Collin had anger problems and when he got angry he liked to pick fights, usually with Mark and Chad. (They were the only ones bull-headed enough to stand up for themselves.) His mother, she was the emotional abuser, always telling Mark “you're never going to amount to anything good, useful, or anything to be proud of!” They all took their lumps and just tried harder. Well, except for Mark. He had it the worst as he had his mom telling him that and his dad picked fights with him and sometimes even went as far to tell mark that he didn't love him or wished he was never born, that he was an “accident.” This continued until one day, Mark and his dad got into a fight, a bad one. Mark ran over to Greg's house to show him what had happened. Among the redness of his skin and his bruises, his dad had bitten him on the shoulder. It was purple, bruised, and bleeding. This was the last straw! Mark called the cops, explained to them what had happened, and they went to talk to the Stevensons. When the cop came back, he simply called Mark a smug little kid and to go home. His whole family had lied and made him look bad, all except for his little brother Chad, but he didn't dare open his mouth due to his fear of Collin. All he could do was not talk in a silent attempt to help his brother. Nothing happened to them after that. I like to think that the police gave the Stevensons quite a scare and that Collin will never do that again. Jackson Wolph