An Imperfect Love Story - Book 8

Morning Madness

"Young lady! I'm NOT going to say it again! I will not repeat myself so you get out of that damn bathroom right this second! There are other people in this home who need to use it, including myself!" Sharon knocks on the bathroom door as Frankie had locked herself in there half an hour ago to shower yet again. The young teen refused to go to breakfast, for she was rather nervous to see her Nana Dukes who had all but promised to whip her ass along with Stefanie's.

"No! I'm not coming out!! I'm gonna die in here! Just go away!!!!!!" Frankie hollers back as she stands on the tub and opens the small window before lighting one of her smokes that Sierra had bought her. By this time it was a full blown habit, and she was feeling anxious as fuck and just wanted her Moms home. Even if she knew her Mama Dukes would beat her ass, she'd take it over Sharon.

"Little Miss! I am most certainly NOT PLAYING around with you! Not at all! So you get yourself together, and you come out!!!!!" Sharon beats on the door again as Frankie yells back. "I will take this door off, DO NOT TRY ME, young lady! Just don't!"

"BLOW OFF!!!!!! You're not my Moms, and you don't scare me!"

"I don't need to be your Moms. I'm your Nana, and it's the same damn thing!!! I will give you less then FIVE MINUTES! FIVE! Then I'm coming in there, so you think good and hard about what you choose to do, Francesca Marie!"

"Ooooooo! I'm so scared! Are you deaf lady???? I said BLOW OFF!!!!" Frankie yells back almost losing her balance on the side of the tub as she catches herself, her heart hammering in her chest, for she was terrified. She really was and this was pure fear talking not to mention anxiety for she loved this woman, and she didn't understand what she had seen last night or this morning when the woman woke her and Stefanie up at seven in the morning drilling orders into them as if they were in some damn army.

Frankie had never seen this side of her Nana Dukes, and she was pretty positive she'd never be able to breathe again around her. Ever. The young teen knew the woman had run a VERY tight ship when her Mama Dukes was growing up, and she clearly remembered how she looked when she first laid eyes on her at her Uncle Frank's funeral. Was she changing back to that?

"Oh you don't want me to blow off, little lady! That is not something you want me to do and NOT something you say to me!! And you think your harsh language is scaring me! Is that what you think? Talking like you have NO bit of sense! NONE!! I raised NINE children who all had a mouth, and I handled each and every single one of them!!! You, my dear, are only making life harder on yourself! YOUR TIME is ticking, honey! Ticking away!!!" Sharon yells back as Jude now talks through the door.

"Francesca, you are not thinking clearly. Nana Dukes just wants to talk to you. Come out, please, sissy! You are making foolish decisions!"

"I won't be fooled, Jude! She already said she'd whip my ass, and I'm NOT going to damn church! No way in HELL! I'm not some damn Bible thumper that she is gonna turn us all into and make us pray! NO FUCKING WAY!!! I'm not coming out till Moms come back!" Frankie yells back as she puffs her smoke again, wishing everyone would leave her alone as the door swings open and in walks Sharon as she swiftly picks the girl up by the waist before she can even think.

"Let's go, little girl. I'm not playing games today," Sharon says as Frankie tries to wiggle out of her arms, but the older woman is stronger...stronger then she appears to be carrying Frankie to Stef's room and setting her down on her bed before she kicks the door shut.

The young girl is livid, but scared beyond words as she refuses to look at her Nana Dukes who steps towards her. "Francesca, do you wanna explain to me why you are acting like a damn fool and spewing all kinda hate and garbage? Mm?"