Memories..........

Gracie was walking down the street by Smart Pac. On her way past the liquor store she saw a drunk man beating a woman. Immediately it brought her back to the times when her own father would beat her mother whenever he was drunk. Gracie thought of all the times she woke up with flashlights shining in her eyes because the police had been called, and all the times she had begged her dad not to choke her mom, but she was too small to do anything. The man walked back inside, and left the woman lying on the ground crying with her face in her hands. Gracie walked over to her, and sat down beside her. Gracie turned to the woman, "Does he do that often?" she said. The woman quietly responded, "Almost everyday." Gracie then went on telling her the story about her mother being beat by her father, and explained to her that she can't stay with a man that abuses her because it will only get worse. She told the woman that the fastest way out is to just leave. After a while the woman got up and gave Gracie a big hug. They said their goodbyes, and the woman went straight home to pack up her things, as Gracie went back to her apartment, for she had done her good deed for the day!