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Chapter Sixty-Six

"What happened today? Do not lie to us Charlee." My father spoke sternly as we all sat around the dining room table. There was no point in lying and I didn't intend to.

"I didn't want to go. I didn't want to sit for an hour, or more than likely two hours, listening to my therapist talk about Ally. I'm so over hearing her God damn name." My father narrowed his eyes at the harsh words. "I understand I need to work through those mental issues with her but honestly I'm drained. I can't do it anymore. It's literally like I'm living in my old home again. I feel like I'm suffocating every time I walk into that room with her. And if I'm honest, the same thing is happening with Luca and Lucy. You two will never understand what it's like to have our past. Therapy can't fix everything. And honestly sometimes it makes things worse."

I took a deep breath as the room felt like it was closing in on me. It felt like someone or something was sucking out all of the air. At any point I could drop to the floor and die. That's anxiety for you.

"Why didn't you tell us? Why didn't the twins tell us?" My mom questioned me concerned.

"Because we don't open up. When we opened up before I got the abuse for it. We need a break. We just want to be normal. No therapy. No bullshit." I looked away from my parents not wanting to see their faces at my swearing. "We just want to be treated like Reece. No special treatment. Just let us be normal."

"If that's what you want then we will stop the therapy for all of you. We thought we were doing what was right." My mother tried to understand but she just never would. And that was okay. She didn't have to understand, she just had to listen. And that was exactly what she was doing. Not just her but my father too.

"I know you're upset with me. You can ground me for skipping. But can I just go to my room?" I pleaded, begged, my parents.

"You're not grounded. We just wish you would have told us how you were feeling. But we understand why you did what you did. You can go to you room though." I was excused and I ran quickly up the stairs to my room.

I locked my door behind me and dropped onto my bed with no hesitation. I curled up into myself and within seconds I was asleep. My body had been begging for this all day. I should have slept on the bleachers during the guys practice, but I would never be comfortable enough to do that with Ally around. Always needed to be on alert.

I woke up to my phone buzzing against my skin. I groaned as I stretched out across my bed.

Goodnight my love. I'll be at your house bright and early in the morning to take you to school. I need as much time with you as possible since someone decided to schedule their cast removal appointment during school.

I miss you. I love you. See you bright and early Kingston.

I thought I would be nervous to get my cast removed but I was excited. I was so ready to get the thing off my arm. It wasn't the first time I had a cast removed and it probably wouldn't be the last one either. I was too accident prone.

As I sat up on my bed I saw a piece of paper on the floor in the middle of my room. I walked over and picked up the paper to read the words lining the page.

Dinner's outside your door whenever you're ready to eat. Love, mom and dad.

I unlocked my door and on the floor sat the meal they had made for dinner. I grabbed it off the floor and carried it into my room. I set the tray on top of my bed and climbed up to sit to eat. I could only assume they tried to wake me but their attempts clearly failed. My parents never wanted me to go unfed. I had done that way too much growing up. I was the last to eat. I had four kids that had to eat before me. I needed to sneak five meals without my parents seeing. That was easier said than done. So, if I had to go a night without food I would.