Tears and Rain

They looked at her with quiet contemplation, their eyes full of weariness and bordem over a subject which was so frequently brought to their attention, that they finally gave in, if only to silence her screaming.

One nod to a doctor and three words was all it took to shatter the already-fragile relationship Wendy developed with her Dad over the 16 years of her life, words spoken by a father who never wanted a child since day one of her birth, made clear to her immediately:

"Lock her up."

Someone inside of her clenched his teeth and growled; she became a whispering mouthpiece, uttering a single word: "No."

(Takes place before you were born.)