8. bubble up

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♡  ִ    🧺    ࣪ funny cause you couldn't have called it   ⏆       ּ

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♡ ִ 🧺    ࣪ funny cause you couldn't have called it ⏆      ּ

I walked into my house, heading straight upstairs to my room, not missing my mom and stepdad giggling and play fighting in bed.

I felt irritation bubble up in my body.

Gosh, why is everything bothering me today?

My mom and my dad never married, but they broke up when I was 3. I don't remember much. I only see my dad sometimes, and when I do, I stay at his house while he works to pay child support. He works job to job.

I honestly don't know what happened between my dad and mom, and I honestly don't care. When I was five, my stepdad and my mom met. It was my fault really; he was selling flowers on the street on Mother's Day, and I and my best friend pointed it out, and then they became friends, then dated, then married, then he started to hit. Even when my mom got pregnant with my brother and sister, he would still hit her, and she would still give chance after chance. I understand my mom; I don't blame her, but just seeing him disgusts me, but maybe deep down somewhere I resent her for a lot of things. I can't help but get snappy.

"Daphne! How was your friend's?"

shit

I sighed and opened my door.

"fine." I raised my voice loud enough so she could hear, "Come here! We miss you!". I scoff, Yeah, okay.

Whenever my mom says that, I internally laugh. Yeah, she feeds us and does what a mom is supposed to do, but she's so up her husband's ass she barely even cares about what's going on in my life, which is sad. She didn't even care about the modeling until I got the money; that's when she asked.

"I'm tired."

And with that I closed the door. I believe Mason and I met at the right time, the perfect time even. For about 8 months it was surprisingly calm, no arguments, and we actually all sat at the dinner table. We thought he actually changed, but that night, the night right before Mason came up to me at our spot, my spot, it happened again; he hit her, and it was the worst condition my mom has ever been in.

I like to believe a lot of things would've happened if Mason hadn't entered my life—lots of bad things—so I will forever be thankful God allowed him to come into my life; he helped heal something in me I couldn't have done myself.

𝐌𝐄𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 🪽 mason thamesWhere stories live. Discover now