The Real Backstory of Harper Jane Reynolds966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6xz0hY66A
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbGGNZI4qG
"My name is Harper Jane Reynolds. A nineteen-year-old American woman with a sob story, that life gives no fucks about because life is just unfair."966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Fxiwi2L30
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUghqcasqx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPxykUKYMI
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpF7LUsH4WS
"Harper! Harper!" yells the deep slurring voice of a drunken man. Harper ran into her room locking her door quickly and hiding in her toy box, empty, other than a Scrump stuffie, that she held close to her as she tried her best to stifle her tears. Her back was aching enough from the years of being whacked over and over with a belt. She curled herself into a tighter ball trying to keep from whimpering as her father fought with her bedroom door. She closes her eyes and just wished.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKEPuiwpm2
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAo4VvFj1v
Knock, knock, knock.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzVZy9rsYj
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JiNn9g2c1
"Harper?" a soft voice she didn't recognize calls out to her. She peaks her head out of her toy box sniffing. "Unlock the door sweetheart, we're going to get you out of here, alright?" The young girl sits up more opening the lid all the way, keeping Scrump close to her chest in her arms. She unlocks the door stepping back a few feet.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLjksdktQo
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzTV4t9WKz
An older woman, maybe around her mother's age bends down to her knees. "Harper," the woman holds her hand out and Harper jumps back further away from her. The woman sighs lowering her hand. "It's okay dear, come on, your dad can't hurt you anymore." Harper looks at the woman with confusion and skepticism.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfq61y7gK8z
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPbHwM3kzL
"You promise...?" Harper asked wiping her eyes. The woman smiles softly and nodded. Harper's heart lifted and she smiled as she stepped closer to the woman. The woman moves to pick her up only for the young girl to back away again. "Please don't touch me."966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKaD3sSv9q
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XEHink4oG
~~1 year later~~966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzFUzWs5it
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B5prINn3i
"Harper, what are you doing here?" Asked the same woman who saved her so many months ago. Harper shook her head holding tightly to her backpack and a handful of stuffing.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqItZvkuq4
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpR3hmntjG
"Miss... Miss Forbes... please don't send me back to the Stewarts..." she sniffled holding the stuffing close to her.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVjcczb7t6
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAkh684zGt
"Did those rowdy boys do that to Scrump?" Harper nods at the woman's question. Miss Forbes bent down on her knees holding her hands out to the girl. "May I see it?" Harper holds the stuffing and fabric back.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKYOQhg2bH
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ37XA5jXsY
"Miss Stewart said the same thing and she threw her away. Said that we could get a new one. I don't want a new one, Diana." She sniffed. "I had to dig through the garbage to get her back."966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPM58DMcN2
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvvpDLKS2e
"I promise that I will try to fix Scrump up. I just need to see the wounds, okay?" Harper looks the woman up and down, nodding when the ten-year-old found the woman to be truthful. She holds out the stuffing and the fabric.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0gCVgtSc4
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrVSCFdtLS
"They gave Scrump to the dog and thought it was funny to hear me cry." She said softly looking at her feet. Diana looks up at the small and broken-hearted girl.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnvfi0C8cO
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjDEnTONzR
"Harper, if I fix up Scrump can you promise me something?" The woman asked taking the stuffing and fabric. Harper looks up at the woman and nods. "This is a big promise sweetheart alright?" Harper nods again. "I want you to promise me and try not to cry anymore okay? When those big mean boys do something to make you cry, don't cry. Fight back, there is a warrior inside you Harper, I want to see you to live tall, and to make people work hard to get something from you especially those tears that you shed. Alright?" Harper sniffs and rubs her eyes. The little girl nods.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu8mBysGk6
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLbP3h6OgL
"Can I live with you too Diana?" She asks, Miss Forbes looks the young girl up and down then at her own house. Never been married, never had kids of her own, she looked back to the one girl that could give her a chance to have all she really wanted, and Harper had no idea how much that question made the Child Service Worker feel.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X0H5E8CIH
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCwWhZxDO7
"I will do all that I can to make sure that happens."966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTdzPByyuC
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMoWj6uql9
~~Three years later~~966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU12iQisGg
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpP4LnbZov
Diana laughs with true joy. "So you want to go to the museum again? Is that I am hearing?"966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWAy3DHevR
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgJrvgR33L
"Yeah! I like History! I think my favorite is the 50's-" the thirteen-year-old stops. "It's okay to like the 50's right Diana?" Diana laughs once more.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIYoZdwLU3
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8L1UcBcrQ
"Of course sweetheart, the 50's are my favorite too." Harper smiles looking around and sees a small hot dog cart.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfwIFQMLMI
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iUbQe65ca
"Diana, can I pay for lunch?" The young girl asks pulling out three dollars. Diana chuckles,966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBxC924SSY
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLaDb2gNTG
"Save your money sweetheart, I know how much you have been looking at that prom dress."966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBp5RE3SQw
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTyXR50iEM
"Prom won't be for another 4 years though..." Harper says looking at the woman quizzically. Diana chuckles.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQU50jN85c
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXHVZSOiNa
"Time moves fast Harper, too fast."966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALQyV9OF2K
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxl24l4sVf1
"Forbes!" Diana and Harper turn to see a man walking up a pulling something out of his pants. "Where's my daughter?!" Diana's eyes grow wide.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SbhvTWrab
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWID4JVbZr
"Harper run!"966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6YJRye45e
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrk2zmPSBs
"Who is he, Diana?"966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1nNuUfa44
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM9y1XxWgl
"Harper I said--"966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImp347dAMB
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxAV19AJlb
Bang! Screams erupt through the streets and Harper is stuck in fear as she watches Diana fall backward.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6nTZZCuwE
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKCQOvO1nf
"Diana?! DIANA!" Harper looks around and the guy was gone. Harper's eyes swell with tears as she kneels down next to her guardian. She couldn't scream, her voice caught in her throat as she tries everything she can to get Diana to speak. There was so much blood. The world was silent and still.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE44fXczVaj
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoydyeMouI7
~~A month later~~966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PbgAL84Z4
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFMzNN4Fz9
The rain poured hard over the gathering, and as everyone talked about the life of Diana Forbes, Harper sat in the front closest to the casket holding Scrump in her arms, petting the patchwork that the deceased worked so hard to fix. She stands quietly walking up to the casket and closing her eyes as tears shed blending in with the raindrops. She opens the casket careful to protect Diana from the rain as Harper placed Scrump in her arms.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ShLBa18JC
966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPGLIJWIk3
"You're the only one who deserves my tears." She sniffed, "I miss you, mom..." The heartbroken girl closes the casket before leaving the gathering knowing that she could not handle watching the burial.966Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwehYGB6me
Penana
search
Loginarrow_drop_down
Registerarrow_drop_down
