My Parents Became Psychopaths The Day My Brother Was Born

hi my name is Darrell I'm 16 years old and I live with my parents and three siblings I'm the first born when I was much younger our house used to be such a paradise we would all play and laugh there was so much love around but all that changed five years ago when my mom had my younger brother apparently they weren't supposed to have any more children my brother was a mistake my father was so upset with my mom for letting it happen why were you so careless he raged you could have used protection she quit back from then on things were never the same all through my mum's pregnancy with my brother Joe my house was a war zone I was so scared anytime both of them were at home together I would stay in the room and never dare come out until one of them was out they would fight and throw hurtful words at each other I was torn they were beginning to show me and my other siblings less and less attention before all of this whenever dad came home from work he would run to my mum and us and give us huge hugs and kisses now he came back and stormed into his room without so much as a glance at us it was painful watching this happened between my parents and the sad part was they didn't seem to care what effect it had on us it seemed like all the love they had for us had just disappeared my sisters Suzy and Jackie cried almost every minute watching this happen and as their big brother I was forced to try to console them and assure them that everything was gonna be all right even though I didn't know that myself things didn't get better my parents grew further and further apart and with that came less and less attention from any of them my sisters and I were beginning to feel unwanted and unloved rage poured out of my dad anytime he heard either of my sisters crying and the terror that showed in their eyes as they looked at this man they once knew as dad said it all it all came to a head when Joe was four I knew that having Joe was the reason for all that happened in my family in the last few years but I didn't expect my dad to be so cruel dad was watching the television one day and four-year-old Joe was walking around the house he was playing with a toy water gun that my uncle had bought him for his last birthday my parents rarely bought him anything in fact they'd forgotten all our last birthdays including Joe's I could tell that my dad was fine as long as Joe didn't disturb him the hope for poor Joe's sake that he didn't what did he know he was only a child unfortunately for Joe and as he was playing with this water gun he sprayed too much water on the water sensitive television and it blew up my heart pounded for my brother I knew my dad would not let him get away without hurting him I watched in horror as my dad got up from the couch in a rage and snatched my poor brother by the arm dragging him out Joe was pleading and begging saying he was sorry and tears formed in his eyes as I heard the screaming soon after my dad returned sweating behind him was Joe limping I was mad that did it I stormed out of the living room and headed straight for the telephone I was gonna call the police on my dad but then I stopped I thought about what that would do to my sisters Jackie and Suzie they were already so emotionally drained this would only cause them more problems yes my dad had turned into a horrible man but they would never forgive me for calling the police on him I put down the telephone still in a rage and then an idea hit me we would run away I would take all three of my siblings and run away that night I stayed up until after my parents had gone to sleep when I was sure no one would wake I tiptoed into my sister's room wake up Suzie and Jackie we're running away tonight I said as I tapped them awake where are we going Daryl they said still half asleep rubbing their eyes I don't know yet now come on I was carrying my sleeping brother Joe in my hands we shared one room while the girls shared another we packed only a few essential things in one bag that Jackie carried on her shoulder and with a deep breath I led them as we snuck out the house come on I said to them when we got out of the house my heart and my mind were racing if you went on our uncle's house our parents would be able to bring us back and then we'd all be in more trouble than we'd ever been before including poor Joe that wasn't an option my heart raced as we ran into the night realizing what we were doing but it had to be done as we ran all of a sudden I remembered there was an orphanage somewhere not too far away we saw it every day on the way to school follow me I yelled to my sisters as I walked in the direction of the orphanage I knocked on the door so hard as soon as we reached it please help us I screamed banged as hard as I could by now Joe was awake it's all right little brother I said as I patted him back to sleep you gonna be okay a few moments later the door opened and mrs. Briggs was shocked to see me and my siblings standing outside Darrell she'd asked what are you doing here mrs. Briggs was my mother's good friend they'd gone to the same College together she'd known us since we were toddlers we went in and I told mrs. Briggs all that had happened in the last few years especially all that it happened that day I showed her the cuts on Joe's body she wept and said that she can't believe what she's hearing about my mother she suggested to talk to her to help us find a solution I told mrs. Biggs that she was welcome to try but only in a few days I wanted to make sure their less violent by them it's what she did by the time mrs. Briggs taught my mum all I had said and how we felt she broke down crying I'm so sorry kids she apologized as she wept your dad is sorry too it's because you insisted you didn't want to see him yet that he isn't here Daryl losing you all made us finally realize that you're the most important thing we've had in our lives we're so sorry we missed it would you ever find in your hearts to forgive us tea is formed in both my eyes and my sisters as we heard these words why did they have to wait so long before they realized it the hurt was too much to bear we'll think about it I spoke up finally fair enough my mother said with a faint smile take all the time you need a couple of days later my dad and mum came to the orphanage together smiling hand in hand and the first thing my dad did was pick up Joe and kiss him before he even apologized I let out a huge sigh of relief and smiled I could feel my sister's do the same we left with them for the house again and from then on love was back in the house and Joe was never treated like he wasn't wanted again

Channel: My Story Animated

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Keywords: parents, live long, problems, my story animated, stories, animation, short film, story, mom, dad, life story, story time, storytime, family, run away, run from home

Id: QYOUyn1KVQE

Length: 7min 23sec (443 seconds)

Published: Fri May 10 2019