Temptation

Chapter 72 - Piece of my mind (pt2)

There it goes, three minutes are over, I look at Xavier and he looks at his mom to take Chelsea away before I speak my truth. He pinches his temple in exhales slowly.

"Mom, please take Chelsea to her room." She nods her head and I don't open my mouth until she's completely gone.

"What's going on? Did I say something wrong?" He puts his fork down.

"Now go," Xavier tells me then I get up from my seat along with him.

"Cut the bullshit, just tell me you know who I am. You trying to be all secretive and mysterious is exhausting, Go ahead... the floor is yours."

"How dare you talk to me like that, Are you going to let her talk to me in that manner, You are an uneducated mess. I'm disappointed in you son, Tell your girlfriend some respect."

"It's not the first time you called me a disappointment, You were the one who kept throwing questions at her then you decided you wanted to talk shit about her family members who are her dead parents, what is wrong with you!" Xavier slams his fist on the table.

"Don't try to turn this on me! I'm not the bad guy here. Xavi- I mean Andrew, this is why I sent you to rehab because you're a damn junkie.

"Does it bother you that much that I accomplished much more as a teenager than you, an old bastard who can't seem to keep his mouth shut? You can talk about my work ethic however you like but you keep my body and my family out of your mouth."

"How do you manage to always date the whores? What I said was true, sorry you don't like to hear it, now get the fuck out of my house!" He storms out and so do I. Once Xavier gets in there he exhales by breaking the silence.

"Listen-"

"Just drive," I say while looking at my lap, one thing that old asshole was right about was my scars. I should try to cover them more, they are disgusting and no one needs to see them. Never in my life has a grown adult fucking insulted me because of my scars, they would normally go after the fact that I'm a girl and who is young.

"Don't listen to him, he's being a dick as always. I shouldn't have agreed to this especially when I know how he acts."

"I'm not butt hurt, it's just those words he said about my scars still lingering in my head, I'm just shocked."

"He was wrong you know, You don't need to keep covering them up with tats, I know my opinion doesn't mean anything but I think they look hot." He tries to lighten up the mood by flirting like he always does.

"Of course you do, does he always gaslight you like that?"

"He would tell me that I'm a disappointment from the moment I can comprehend words, it doesn't faze me anymore, I'm used to it. My mom would try to get me to stop crying when it first started to happen, when she would talk to my dad about what he had been saying to me he wouldn't hear her out."

"Jesus Christ, that's awful. But be honest, is there any ounce on your body that loves him?"

"No, he's dead to me, I'm just around to protect my mom and sister."

"I don't blame you, I would too. What do you think he meant by my uncle is always paying someone else to prevent from getting his hands dirty" he pulls over on the side of the road and looks me straight in the eyes.