The Brooks Legacy

                           - Intro -





My name is Mia, and this is the story of the Brooks legacy..

I grew up not knowing a different life than the one I had, I had a mum who loved me, she made me feel safe and happy.. Most of the time. My dad, or step dad I should say ( my real dad had passed away when my mum was pregnant with me ) Well, my step dad was not a man I was particulary fond of. He had been ok I remembered when I was younger, I mean he took my mum and me places, playgrounds and stuff. It was only when I was older i realised it was my mum who refused to leave me alone home. 

This was the image I usualla was met with theese days though, it only got worse and worse, he had always been heavy on the juice, but most days he could hardly speak now due to the hangover from the previous night. I usually got yelled at, I never quite understood what I had done wrong.

As the years passed I had a real hard time talking to Hans, that's my step dad's name, he was mostly angry all the time, and I was always afraid of what he would complain about.

But if he yelled at my mum, I would become angry, every single time!

Now that I am older I realised that he must have made her really afraid of him, why I don't know, but if she tried to leave during a fight, he would tell her to sit down, and she always did..

When I grew up to be a teen, I also grew more confident, I was lucky enough to have a good relationship with my mum, and I also had firends I could talk to, I knew enough to realise that Hans had a serious drinking issue, loving that juice could be dangerous. 

Not long after me turning teen, he one day wanted to talk to me in private, I was really suprised about this but he looked fine and was polite when he asked me, so we sat down in the livingroom.     

For once he actually was funny, and we talked a little about my school and how I loved art. I did not see his question come, before he asked  me; 

- Mia, you know I have always considered you my daughter, even though you are not mine by birth, but I would really like to change that. Would you let me adopt you officially?

I can still remeber that happiness I felt by being asked that question, he loved me enough to want to adopt me! As the question was aked and I barely had time to let that thought run through my mind, my mum had come through the door, and I heard her use a voice I have never heard before; 

- Hans.. Get away from my daughter! How dare you ask her that after the way you have been treating her over the years?

Hans actually moved then, but only to the other sofa, he tried to reason with my mother, and we all had a horrible fight. My mum made me leave for school not long after, but before she did she gave me a hug ad told me she would fix this.

Needless to say my day went slow, but after school I swent to a firlfriend and we did our hoe work together, so it was dark by the time I was home, and instead of taking the chance of meeting Hans, I went straight to my rom for the night.

I loved my room, it was my safe place, so imagine the shock and hurt I felt when entering and seeing this

-Why Hans? I asked, why would you breake the only thing you knew my birth dad bought to me when he recieved the news of me being a baby girl? Hans did not even bother to look at me, he just left the room.

That night I cried myself to sleep, I just did not understand.

At night my mum came in, she woke me up and we talked for a long time, it turns out I was to recieve some money after me turning 18, but Hans had over the years been able to get a hold of the money and had been speding them on his expensive journeys and cars.

- I am so sorry about your doll house darling, my mum said, but I must ask you something, and you must think it though before you answer me, ok?

I think Hans is getting dangerous, tonight he was not himself, and by that I mean a lot worse than normal when he gets juiced, I think we have to run away. Start over fresh, but it will be though, really though, it means to live outside for some time, gathering whatever we can to survive. But you will be safe Mia.. That is the only thing that matters for me!

I gave my mum a hug, and told her that this was the best decision we could make.

- Let's get away from here, get away from Hans!