Stay With Me

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

I turned around to see my mother standing there. Why was she there? How did she know Annabel was meeting me here? I put Annabel down, and stepped in front of her; protecting her.

"What are you doing here?" I asked coldly, glaring at her.

"Oh Alex, it's been so long; all this time I-" She started, taking a step towards us. I stepped back, pushing Annabel towards Harry.

"Don't" I warned her, stepping back even further. "How did you find her? Why are you here?" I asked her in monotone.

"I-I got the call from the hospital, evidently, I was put down as your emergency contact. As soon as I heard you were shot, I raced over to the hospital. I brought John too." I cringed, remembering John. He was my moms co-worker. It was rumoured that they were having a secret love affair when she was with my father. 'He stayed the whole night. Never taking his eyes off you" she said smiling. But, there was nothing nice about any of this. She left us, leaving me and my sister alone with my train wreck of a father, and then all of the sudden, coming back? Wtf

"Okay that's great. Did I ask about that douche John? No. I asked you how you found Annabel, and why she was with you" I snapped. She gasped at me.

"Don't you dare talk about your stepfather like that!" he half yelled at me, slamming her hand over her mouth shortly after. My stepfather? My stepfather. Hoy shit.

"M-my what?" I asked frightened. She stood there, her mouth slightly open. Her far softened before she spoke.

"Alex, I...I didn't want you to find out this way. I was only trying to-" she started. No. I wasn't going to let her finish. I stormed off to the bench where Harry was, picked up Annabel, grabbed Harry's hand, and ran as fast as I could out f that park, tears blurring my vision. I ran as fast as I could to Harry's car. I opened the back door and placed Annabel safely inside. I got on the passenger side and waited for Harry to catch up. He sat in the drivers seat and looked at me.

"What the hell was that for?!" he asked, out of breath. I shook my head.

"Just drive Harry." I said quietly, looking at the car floor.

"No. Tell me why you ran away like that! She was just starting to explain!" he protested, refusing to start the engine.

"I don't need her story. She hurt me and she can't fix it. That's that. And better yet, she goes and marries some idiotic guy who probably proposed to her while he was drunk in Vegas. God know how they met up" I said feeling my blood start to boil.

"He's actually a pretty nice guy..." I heard Annabel trail off.

"A what? How would you know that?" I asked her, puzzled.

"Well....I've been staying with mommy after I got away from the bad guys who took me." she told me. I was shocked. I couldn't believe this. She forgives my mother. "Harry didn't tell you?" she asked.

"Harry? What does he have to do with this. He found where you were staying and-" my thoughts inturrupted myself. "And you knew that she was with my mom. You knew she took her in. And you didn't tell me. Did you?" I asked, looking him straight in the eye. He started back at me, fiddling with the zipper on his jacket.

So this is great. My sister thinks my stepdad is great, and Harry lied to me. Is he that really different?