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How safe am I?
Truestory Date: 3 June 2014 Time: 14.11			My father, Duncan Gordon McCabe, is firing a gun through the bathroom window. It is 168 decibels, which is 40 decibels above the human pain threshold. In between each shot he is shouting ‘for fuck’s sake’ and throwing things and kicking the bedroom wall. I have been alive 11 years and 10 months and it is the loudest noise I have heard. I don’t know how safe I am in this house. I do not have any ear defenders. I think I may be 30% safe. But that is only an estimate. Estimates are not very satisfying. Because they are only guesses.
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Boodyqueen Date: 3 June 2014 Tme: 14.19			Hey, Honey. Where’s your mom?
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Diamondsky Date: 3 June 2014 Time: 14.19			Man, where you at?
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Truestory Date: 3 June 2014 Time: 14.20			I am at home. I am in my bedroom. My mother has gone away and left me.
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Chocolatemoustache Date: 3 June 2014 Time: 14.23			Get out of there, Truestory. Call Childline.
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Boodyqueen Date: 3 June 2014 Time: 14.26			Call 911 honey. A kid should not have to deal with this kinda shit.
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Truestory Date: 3 June 2014 Time: 14.28			911 does not work in Lancashire. My father has just shouted: ‘My best fucking gun,’ and run downstairs. The last time he fired the gun there was a crash. I think he dropped it out of the window.
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Truestory Date: 3 June 2014 Time: 14.32			He is now in the yard opening and closing his gun and pointing it at the sky. His mouth is moving fast and his face is ugly. It is the sort of face that makes me want to hide under the quilt and hold my breath with my bobble hat on and cotton wool in my ears. I will take this opportunity to go and search for my mother. Thank you for your help.