Riley's POV
I sat on the edge of the cliff overlooking the beach, I came here a lot to think everything just seemed simpler here. It was almost like there nothing could go wrong. I came to this spot often but this time was different than all of the rest. Me and my Mother never had the best relationship, but she was all I had and I do love her with all my heart. I've always asked about my father but was provided with very few details I didn't even know his name. The past few weeks she has been gone for hours at a time, and never telling me what's going on. So when she arrived home late for the fourth time in a row I snapped, I yelled ranting everything I felt about her at the moment. How could she just leave her 14-year-old daughter for days with an explanation? Was I really that worthless to her?
That conversation led me to this hill once again, my safe place. I watched the sunset silently as the cold and darkness spread across the beach. As much as I knew I should go home I longed to stay just a few minutes longer to escape the life that faced me at home.
Once I got home I walked through the door heading for my room, I was supposed to be asleep already but I got used to sneaking out. I sat in bed for a while just staring at the ceiling, most of my life I've never really slept through the night but I wasn't usually that tired anyway.
The next morning I walked through school acting like everything was normal like I wouldn't be alone in a few weeks. I sat with my friends during lunch, we talked and joked around like we always do. After school I went to talk to my guidance counselor's mom through it would help, I was doing it for her.
" Hi you must be Riley I'm Mrs. White how are you doing today?" she said leading me into her office
"I'm okay how are you"
"I'm good thank you for asking, I spoke to your mother on the phone she thought it would be helpful if we talked every week"
" yeah" I answered uninterestedly
" well, what about the current situation that makes you the scariest?"
I looked at her knowing the answer that I debated saying out loud. If I spoke it everything would become real, keeping it inside helps me conceal what I was really feeling.
" losing the only person I have left"
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trusting unknowns
FanfictionI lived everyday with one rule, the only person I could wholeheartedly trust was myself and my mother that is till everything flips upside down leaving me to pick up what is left. How could I trust him when he was never there? How are we supposed to...
