PREVIEW

Don't talk, don't make noise.

These are the barbaric rules I follow everyday. My father John Starling was a brilliant surgeon to the public eye but behind close doors he is an abusive husband, alcoholic and a gambler. My mother on the other hand was kind, loving and the most beautiful person I have ever seen but who am I kidding I have lived my whole life in a basement away from the world. My mother would tell me stories of the outside world, mostly what she remembered before she taken by my father. According to her it has been 18 years since she has last been outside. But this story is not to tell you what I did in the basement for 18 years, it is to tell you about the life I have after escaping that hellhole.