Journal Entry #6

Chapter 6 ~ While Father Is Away

Games, she would call them games he would play, vile and brutal games and the one that he hated the most was the gas chamber game. Davids mother would have him go in to the bathroom and close the door and not come out until she allowed him to and in the bathroom she would have a bucket and in the bucket she would have deadly chemicals, ammonia and Clorox, it made his eyes water and his throat burn while gasping for clean air he couldn't find. his mother didn't let him out not even if he was dead. and to think that the beatings and the stabbings and the burns was enough not for Mrs. Pelzer. with those punishments there are more to come. she also filled the tub with ice cold water and stuck David's head under until he was out of breath. and just about to faint. he would have to stay in the tub until told to get out.

"Its over sweetheart. After this moment, i want you to forget any of it happened at all. you will try and be a good boy, won't you?"
This is not the first time she lied to him. but the first time he really believed it as much as he did.

What happeneds while Davids father is away?

David had realized his mother was only being nice to him because...
Davids dad feels like he has to stay because...