Sophia wakes up in a panic. She hears the noise that shook her out of her sleep: a slow but powerful banging outside in the hall. She is not sure what is causing the noise but she has a sinking feeling in her gut that it is her father.

She rises out of bed slowly, weary of what is happening outside her room. She walks towards the door, quiet enough to not be heard. Placing her ear on the door, she listens as the noise grows more rapid and intense.

Now she is positive about what is happening outside. Her father is trying to get into Bobby's room. She is glad that she was able to keep him out by locking the door but she is not sure how much longer the door will hold him out if he continues slamming against it like this.

She has to think of a way to get him away from Bobby's door. She turns around and places her hand on the wall, feeling around for something that would be useful in a fight against her notably large father.

She grabs onto a book. She is not satisfied with her choice of weapon but it is all she has on such short notice. She is going to have to make this work. Sophia walks back over to her door and unlocks it by turning the knob. She takes a deep breath before opening it.

Once outside her room, she sees her father slamming his body against bobby's door. The scene is exactly how she pictured it. He is trying to break in to the little boy's room to hurt him again.

Inside the locked room, Sophia can faintly hear Bobby crying. Bobby does not know what is about to happen to him, should his father succeed in opening the door. All Bobby knows is that this is scary. He wants his mom. He wants her to hug him so he can feel safe.

"Hey!" Sophia shouts at her father, raising the large book over her head and smashing it down on top of his skull.

She takes a step back when he slams into the door again, this time, by accident. She has taken him by surprise. Her father holds his head. The book might not have been a great weapon but it did deliver a significant blow to him. The hardcover of the book was enough to deter him from his task, even if it was just momentarily. It was enough to distract him.

Sophia's father is stunned but not incapacitated. She suspected that this would happen. She knew it would not knock him out but now that she is faced with the problem, she regrets the decision to engage with him. She is now at a loss for what she can do.

She could either run into her room and hope she can get it locked before he can reach it. Then she could call the police and save her whole family. 

Or she could try hitting him again before he has the chance to stand back up. She holds the higher ground right now. If she leaves, she risks the advantage she has at this moment.

Sophia shakes in fear. She does not know what to do. She has successfully stopped her father from trying to hurt Bobby. He has now turned all of his focus onto her. She is his new target.

Sophia's father stands and forces her back into her room. She raises her hand and tries to hit him with the book again. He grabs her wrist before she even has the chance. He grabs the book from her hand and throws it at the wall, knocking down a few picture frames.

Sophia tries to grab for more things around her to stop him. She hopes to find a decorative glass bottle or one of those ugly figurines her grandmother gets her every year for Christmas. She knows hitting him with one of those in the face would really hurt and would give her enough chance to escape.

Sophia's father shoves her onto her bed and unbuckles his pants while she shuffles away from him. He wastes no time crawling over her and getting down to business.

He wasn't able to get to Bobby tonight so he is going to use the next best thing that he can get his hands on.

He holds Sophia down on her bed, using his strength against her tiny figure. She groans in pain under his weight as he presses his body down onto hers.

She kicks her legs into the air, trying to hit him in the back. She doesn't have enough maneuverability to be able to do any damage. Her father pins her down to the bed, making it impossible for her to move. Though she fights, she will not be able to escape him tonight.