 Every Thursday my mother would put us to bed early because on Thursdays was payday And my dad as a low-paid worker got paid in cash, and he would always go to the pub Spending money that they couldn't afford to spend and he'd go to the pub drinking and come home drunk and my mother knowing that when he came home drunk it often ended in Arguing aggression and violence put us all to bed early on Thursdays On this particular Thursday night, I remember we were all in bed My younger sisters were fast asleep It would be about midnight after this time my mom and three brothers had just gone and I remember being in my bed terrified Shaking in fear Not knowing what to do