Szoo Reflection

Reflection
Szoe was starring at herself through the mirror. She stood still, the world around her was mute for a while. She could not understand what went wrong. Shock crept through her body, she just stood in front of the mirror. Standing in the middle of her bedroom, Szoe began to think about all the promises she had made to God, to not let this happen again! It seemed that the only reason she could not keep her promise was because of her father’s nagging, screaming, and insults… they were eating her alive. That is when she crosses the line and speaks back to her father, in a rude manner. Sadness overwhelms Szoe’s body. She crumbled to the ground and begins to cry. She puts her small hands over her mouth to cover the sobbing from escaping …show more content…
She keeps rambling and screaming trying to get her point across, defend herself, but she is at a loss. In the end, she begins to realize how the other person is reacting to her words. Their faces start to downcast, but most importantly their eyes begin to show the real emotion they were trying to hold back. That is the moment she realized that she was the biggest idiot in the world. She wanted to take back everything, but instead walked away before letting herself cry in front of them. So she can look like the big badass person she thinks she is. However, as she reached her room, everything fell apart, as if a truck drove through her. She grabs the pillow, locks herself in her closet and cries her lungs out. While she is crying, she begins to overthink every little word she said to hurt her own mother. A few cries later, she has recollected herself, looks in the mirror and sees her eyes puffy, her nose a scarlett red, and her cheeks flushed. She keeps looking at herself in the mirror. She could not recognize the innocent little girl she once was. Disgusted, dissapointment, and misery… even after seeing and feeling like this, she still did not find the courage to go apologize to the women who brought her into this …show more content…
Becca was cooking dinner for her husband and her daughter’s. As the family gathered around the table to give grace, the phone began to ring. Jack answered the phone and Beccaa brother was on the line. Ryan was frantic and eager to speak to his sister, as soon as Becca picked up the phone, Ryan was crying. He kept going on and on about his girlfriend cheating on him with his best friend and that everything in his life was fucked up! Becca was panicking, her little brother was in pain and it was his first heartbreak. However, she could not just leave her daughters alone. Instead she sent Jack to pick Ryan up and bring him home. As Becca kept Ryan on the line, Jack was scavenging for the car keys. She kept insisting to not do something he would regret. Becca wrote on a note that Ryan was parked outside his friend’s house, near their home. During this time, Jack finally found the keys and ran to the car. As he was igniting the engine, the car would not turn on. Jack being a mechaninc, was pissed that the brand new car, in good conditions, would not start. He grew impatient! He stumbles back inside to check on Becca, only to see her crying and repeating, “Please! Please, do not do this Ryan!” Jack approaches Becca to deliver the unlucky news and that the only way he could get to him would be by foot. Becca insisted and Jack agreed. Becca moves her attention back to Ryan, Jack begins to run as fas as