Kidnapped

6

Hello! Short chapter alert. Trying to back into the swing of writing. Sorry for the short chapter. I hope to have a new one soon! Enjoy xx
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Melissa

Adelade and I get set for the 30 minute walk to my place and back. She doesn't live super close but I know my way around. I don't want her to come if she doesn't want to, but she insists that it was fine and she doesn't want to let me go alone. I can sense she's somewhat genuine, but there is something else there I cannot place. I am too tired to really think too much about it. We both have our shoes on and I start leading us towards my place. I wish I had my own car and license. It would make this trip a lot more enjoyable. At least I'm getting my steps in for the day.

"Girl, only someone like you can get me to do more physical activity than school," I hear her say next to me. It sounded like she was trying to joke but it not fully coming across that way. I chuckle and send her my apologies. This was surely going to be a long walk.

Time passed torturously slow but we finally made it. Both of us had a thin layer of sweat on our brows. The sun wasn't kind to us today, I hope I don't burn at all. I have to remember to pack some gel or something to help just in case. As we walk into the house Adelade darts to the kitchen to eat. She complained most of the way saying how hungry she was. I rolled my eyes at her each time because she refused to eat at her house, so no shit she was hungry. But I kept my mouth shut, no need to start anything.

I make my way to my room and gather the necessary clothes and items for a week. I am still a little shocked at her reaction. This is the one bad thing I do and she kicks me out? That doesn't sound like my mother. She is so blindsided by her "boyfriend" she doesn't see all the changes. My mother would never kick her own child out. She wouldn't ever randomly leave without knowing when she would return. But that's what so-called love does to you. She isn't in love and I know it. She just likes the attention I cannot give her. But either way it hurts; it hurts knowing she has changed so much for someone who is just making a profit off her and is using her. I hope she realizes that sooner rather than later. But I'm just a kid right? I don't know what I'm talking about in her eyes. I take a slow deep breath and head back to Adelade to start the journey back to her house.

Jessica (Melissa's Mom)

I stand as I get ready to have lunch with Eric. We are leaving in 10 minutes to a restaurant near by. All I keep thinking about how rude I was to Melissa last night. Maybe I should text her and apologize. I slept in this morning, which isn't too weird for me on the weekends. Sometimes I wake up early, but I slept in till 10 and it was a much needed sleep. Eric walks into the room and gives me a compliment I know I don't deserve. Yes he is nice and sweet and caring in a way I have never experienced, but there are things he says that make me question if I should stay with him. He isn't too bad, just controlling at times. But I am a grown woman, I know when enough is enough.

"Let's go darling," Eric says that snaps my attention to him. I give him a small genuine smile and we head out the door.