“I saw a girl crying on the train” Lorelei aresathe 16 years old “ gin and tonic from a can to ease the pain” She was abused as a child by her father She now tends to shy away from many people expecially males “ and i never asked if she was okay” He started to beat her at age six saying that she was too beatiful that she needed to be ugly and quiet “She just got up and walked away” She often wears pants even in summer to hide the raised lashes on the back of her legs from her fathers belt buckle