My Hypnosis

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IMPORTANT.

this font are her inner thoughts

her thinking

ELAINE MYERS POV

Home used to be a place i love-
never mind, i can't say that with a straight face.

BANG

At the sudden noise, i quickly sit up from my current slouched position on my chair and become more alert.

Listening for every word.
every breath.
and every movement .

I run fast,  but quietly downstairs.
All while being wary of the the stairs that are so infamous for creaking at any given moment,and sit down on the stairs.

Staying aware so that if I needed to intervene I could, safely and quickly.

I start peering through the banister into the small kitchen, it's not too hard seeing the door already awkward hole  decorating the centre of it.

Kudos to papa mason.

Mum shouted sternly, "Mason, I swear on everything if you come back here. I will make you regret ever being born."

She was backed into the corner of the kitchen, Her speech muffled, as she ran her hands down her face in frustration.

"Shut it you whining cow." slurred the man dismissively, i'm ashamed to call that man my dad. As he dragged his weight  to the red door opposite me, i noticed an unopened beer bottle in his left hand.

Surprise, surprise

They crazy thing is, as laboured as my breath was - he didn't even seem to notice me perched on the staircase.

As always, it's nothing ne for me to go unnoticed by him.

He finally left and the house fell oddly silent.

That was until i began to hear muffled sobs.

is mum crying?  i think to myself.

I begin chewing on my fingernail.

if she's crying it means i should comfort her right?
right.
But i'm not good at that shit right?
right.
i groan into my hands, But she's my Mum i have to be there for her.

duh.

I leave the stairs with determination coursing through my veins, silently make my way to the kitchen.

The floor- as always, had an map of beer cans, bottles and all sort of things that someone underage should not be around. I tried my best to maneuver around the shards and other things that could potentially injure me and proceed to pull a chair out next to mum on the small wooden round table.

It was clear i wasn't as quiet as i thought because she immediately turned away from me as i sat down.

"Hi mum." I say softly, while putting an arm around the back of her neck, accidentally brushing against her silver necklace.

"You okay?" i ask, she let out an exasperated sigh before responding.

I felt a tightness in my chest as she sniffed and rubbed her eyes before answering.

"..Did you hear all that El?" she said withdrawn.

I could tell from the longing in her voice Mum so desperately wanted my answer to be no.

"Mhm,"
i hummed back in a carefree manner .
"He's a pathetic excuse for a man no?"

It felt like ages, but after a while a chuckle escaped her and i feel a soft smile linger on my face.