Prologue.

My name is Katy Harris, I am nine years old and used to live a pretty normal life. I lived with my parents in New York City. I was happy, we had a lot of money, and I had a lot of friends. Until about a year ago that is, then something happened to my dad. He started coming home drunk, or not come home at all for days at a time, and when he would come home, he would beat my mom. They would fight, and it turned brutal. One day my dad left. He had met another woman. I know I'm only nine, but I know a slut when I see one, and that was what she was. He managed to leave, and take most of our stuff with him. My mom still made money as a waitress, but we couldn't afford to keep our expensive apartment in New York without my dad there. My mom had lost it, she now thinks that all men are evil, immoral, and aren't worth the heartbreak and destruction they cause. I know all men aren't like that, but if I try to convince my mom otherwise she'll beat me. Ever since dad left, mom will always take her anger out on me, by beating me with a belt, or sometimes just with her fists, especially when I step out of line, but sometimes for no reason. She has also since become a lesbian, and is forcing me to be one too, even though I'm not and don't want to be. She tells me that we don't need men, we only need women to run the world. I know if I try to tell her she's wrong, she'll definitely beat me. Since we can't afford to stay in the city, my mom has decided to start a new in the quiet mountain town of South Park Colorado, to get as far away from my dad as possible. I frankly, think it was a very strange choice to move that far away, but hey, I'm not going to argue with my mom.