My mother died when I was twelve. After that, I stopped speaking. Since then, people have treated me different. The only friend I have left is Harry, the hobo that lives in the park. My father treats me like some sort of science experiment gone wrong, and his girlfriend would do anything just to get rid of me. At first I thought my dad would never give in to his girlfriend's pressure. At first, I thought he loved me. But after one mistake, everything changed. My quiet life suddenly became a lot less quiet.