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PEER INTO MY MUSE’S MEMORIES
Kana, Aged 11.
The perfect age to start an adventure.
“Again!.”
“I-i”
The moment she stuttered there was a loud clap, a backhand was slapped across her face.
“Again!”
She took a few deep breaths this time before proceeding.
“I’m ssss-”
Clap!
“AGAIN.”
The more she was rushed, the harder it became to get any word out. It wasn’t just the usual particular sounds she stumbled in tossing out of her mouth.
“I-I-I”
Two slaps this time, both a normal one and a backhand to the other cheek. It didn’t stop there though...The girls cheeks were a bright red and stinging with pain by the time the woman was done. Her mothers' eyes showed a fury like no other.
“This is all because of that stupid man! You should have grown out of this by now! My cute little girl should NOT be stuttering like some disabled freak! He gave you his cute pink hair and eyes but that was the only good thing he gave you!”
Kana’s cries were silent as she tipped her head down, only to have it forced back up and one of her snaggleteeth gripped onto and tugged on.
“It’s all because of this! These stupid teeth of yours! I should just rip them out!”
And she had.That little girl had to experience the pain of not only having the tooth furiously filed away at in an attempt to get it out of the way but also the pain of having it ultimately worked on with a wrench. She had succeeded in cracking one of those teeth out before Kana’s cries of pain had gotten too vocal to bother with the other. She didn’t want to get the girls blood all over her anyway. And that tooth? It had just grown back after a while...
Her speech had been improving back with her father. Her stutter had been calming down with the help of a speech therapist. They had even been seeking out a dentist for help in correcting her teeth. She would have been perfectly fine if she had stayed with her father...
