A helpless and frightened little
girl faces many threatening events. She
is sharing her bedroom with snakes every night with her only escape route being
a room occupied by something worse, her abuser.
Outside her window offers the terrifying tree that she watches each
night as the dead bodies swing, and she cannot close her ears to the screams of
their unforgotten terrors. Even if she
could make it past the tree, she would have to deal with the strangely dressed
men and women who wander through the woods and occasionally into her line of
vision. Sally’s two greatest fears are of the tree outside her window and her
abuser.
A
point in time comes and she breaks. She
cannot endure her situation any longer.
Trapped, she cannot leave. The
happenings of Sally’s childhood ultimately cause her personality to split in
order to survive. As a split
personality, Sally is stronger, yet horrifying events follow horrifying
events. The only source of kindness for
Sally is her father, who finally succumbs and joins the taunting cruelties of
her abuser.
Sally
grows into a smart and strong teenager who eventually escapes her tormentors.
She begins walking and walks until she collapses on the side of the road. An
older couple picks her up and takes her straight to the hospital. When she
wakes she does not know who or where she is.
Her new life begins as Saullie, and she lives normally for a few
years. Then by chance, she finds herself
drawn back into the horrors of her youth.
Saullie
(Sally) barely survives again. There is
second breakdown for Saullie and then a time of peace. Parts of her past come back. Events pass and then it looks like it may be
the end for Saullie and her family.
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