The Beast And The Blessed
It was something they reminded me about repeatedly, how ashamed they were of me, and how I let them down.
Silly Tilly.
That was what they used to call me as a kid. I was their Silly Tilly, always doing adorable things like bumping into walls, smearing food in my hair, and building things in ways that seemed right to me but went against the instructions.
Now, I hated that nickname. Silly Tilly, the girl who thought she could find love and happiness. That girl dreamed of a safe place to live and raise her own family someday.
Haylee and Savannah loved to use it against me as I got older. Silly Tilly… they would spit it with disgust and mocking tones, laughing at me for one thing or another.