Chris stays silent next to me as he processes my words but he doesn't get a chance to speak before we both hear a sniffle and turn our heads towards the door and see mom standing there sobbing her heart out.
I guess the guilt will never stop.
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"M-mom..." I go to stand up but Chris touches my shoulder gently. I turn to face him and he shakes his head at me.
"Stay here okay?" He whispers to me as he gets up himself and walks over to mom. He whispers something into her ear and I watch her nod her head and walk back out of the room. Chris turns back to me as mom walks away.
"Y/n, we will be back in a minute. Can we trust you here alone?" He asks me. I find myself nodding back to him at his question. He watches as I lower myself to lay down in the bed and bring the covers over myself. He sends me a weak smile when he watches a tear fall down my cheek but before he can say more I pull my covers over my head and close my eyes.
Maybe guilt is the only feeling I am going to ever feel from now on.
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Scarletts POV
Everything feels like a blur.
Her words, the way she was talking just so blankly.
Maybe coming wasn't a good idea.
Maybe we should have stayed at home, or maybe I should have seen if my mom would have her for the time we are here.
No, I wouldn't have been able to have been away from her for that long.
"Scarlett!" I hear Chris shout to me before I can get into the elevator. I'm grateful Robert and Susan offered to take Rose while I spoke to JJ, that would be the last thing me and her would have both needed would be for Rose to hear her words.
I hold the elevator open and Chris appears in front of me and I just burst back into tears. He pulls me into his chest and I just let myself feel everything.
"How much of that did you hear?" He mumbles into the air.
"E-enough." I choke out. It's true. I did hear enough.
"I'm sorry you had to hear that."
"No, it's my own fault for not knocking. I didn't expect her to be so open and talk about what she is going through." I mutter back.
"Why didn't you tell me? Does anyone else know? You can talk to me about anything Scar, I'll be there in a heartbeat if you need me. How are you feeling through all of this?" He says back to me as he pulls me from his chest and wipes his thumbs over my cheeks. I wait to reply as we end up on the reception floor, I lead Chris over to the desk.
"Is there anywhere private we can go and smoke?" I ask the woman on the desk, she calls over a security guard and tells him where to take us, all the while Chris stares at me in confusion. I don't bat an eyelid until we are taken out to the small private area outside where no one else is, the security staying inside and guarding the door for us.
"I didn't...I haven't told anyone. How-how can I?" I finally reply to his question as I lean against the wall going through my bag and pulling out a box of cigarettes.
"I thought you stopped?" Chris avoids my question as he watches me light a cigarette, sympathy written all over his face as he just stares at me. I probably look dreadful right now.
"Yeah well, I started again." I shrug, he sighs and leans himself next to me.
"You could have told me."
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LEFT BEHIND | Scarlett Johansson x Daughter.
FanfictionABANDONED - having been deserted or left. A relationship that seemed so easy to leave behind. A relationship that continued to spiral through the years as a mother makes a new life but seems to have somewhat abandoned her first. Left behind by her...
