The Dark That Comes After Sunset

Two

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It was almost daybreak when Anthony dropped her at the front of their huge gate, she got down from the car without a word, she was hungover and hardly had any sleep, she stood at the front of the gate contemplating wether to go in or hop back in the car with the man she had just met last night, Anthony hadn't driven away, he had promised to stay and watch her walk in, having heard all she had to say the previous night, he felt he them understood the slight of what she had to go through in that house, he had offered to host her for a few more days if she was ready but, she thought of Kelvin being all alone and decided against it. She finally made up her mind but she gave him an unsure smile,
"So I'll see you, sometime?" She said
Anthony nodded "Yes, I'll try to keep in touch"
"Do" She pressed and walked over to the gate, she didn't want their new friendship to end, she just met him but she felt that she could trust him with everything, anyway it was good to have someone she could actually share something with, she didn't really trust her friends.
Moris, their security guard opened the gate for her and watched her as she quietly passed without saying a word to him, normally she was cheery and respectful to him and always greeted him but today she wasn't really in the mood and he understood,  when she passed him she wheezed strongly of alcohol making him shake his head and wonder what could make such a young girl drink, most especially with the fact that he had a daughter her age, he would be devastated to see his daughter in this state.
When Vivian got into the house, there was no one obviously in sight, their huge house was painfully silent, it always was now since their mom passed, a lot really changed since she passed, because by now she would have her western gospel music on blast, making them groan and complain, admist the cling and clang of utensils from the kitchen, while she cooked, now it was really silent.
She sighed and proceeded to go upstairs to her room, that's when her father appeared at the end of the stairs, he was still in his PJs, giving her a cold hard stare which she reciprocated fearlessly without budging.
"Where were you?" He asked.
She didn't reply, she just stood and stared.
"Did you hear me?" He rambled on, stiff with anger, he had stayed up most of the night waiting for her and worrying about what might had happened to her, and she just appeared all of a sudden and wasn't answering his question. Vivian decided then and there that she wasn't going to entertain his questions, so she proceeded her climbing and walked past him wordlessly she was too hungover to begin to process any argument.
"Wait there young lady!" Mr Longman snapped, stomping after her, in a couple of  strides his long legs caught up with her, then he roughly tugged her arm swinging her to face him.
"What? Leave me alone!" Vivian wailed, flailing her arm from his hold.
"Where were you? And why do you smell so much of alcohol?" He questioned
"It's non of your business!" she hissed, folding her arms in arrogance.
"Don't give me that! Of course it's my business, you live under my roof and you're my child" He said raising his voice.
Kelvin slowly opened his door and peeped out at his father and sister.
"Well you are not my father, you ceased to be when you decided to bring that woman here without our consent- against our consents! And about your roof, fine! I'll leave" she yelled back, stomping away
"Vivian you will learn to respect me in my own house " Mr Longman scowled after her.
"Respect is earned!" She fired back.
"What did you say?" He growled, his tone colder than ice, Vivian knew she had struck a nerve, and when she turned back to look at him her eyes widened with alert, she quickened her pace to her room and quickly shut the door at his face and bolted it, as he had been directly at her heels. He banged the door vigorously.
"Vivian! Open this door! Do you hear me? Open this door, you bloody child!" He screamed at the top of his lung.
"I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" Vivian screamed back, hot tears streaming down her cheeks "I wish you had been the one that died instead of mom, I wish you would die now!"
She almost got choked in her tears, so she stopped and knelt by the side of her bed hugging her knees, rocking herself and sobbing quietly. On hearing all she said Mr Longman had gone cold, it wasn't his wish or the greatest thing in the world to hear his daughter wish him dead, so it hit him deep, he wondered the amount of hatred of him she had nurtured in her mind for she to say that, and if or not to take it seriously or not. He silently walked away.
Kelvin quickly snuck out of his room in an attempt to avoid meeting up with anyone, especially his father. He had gotten ready for school and was preparing to head out when he heard his father and sisters argument, if there wasn't enough tragedy in the family, the duo, who had once been very close suddenly became enemies. Vivian was always a daddy's girl, their mother had always said she gave birth to a female version of her husband, their loggerheads began when the children had began noticing the tension in their parents' marriage. Their dad would sleep out, or come home late keeping their mother up late at night, sobbing to herself. They heard their hushed arguments in their room too and inasmuch as they loved their father, they were smart enough to know he was being the asshole and old enough to realize he was cheating.
Kelvin was almost out the door when he heard his name, it was his dad's voice so he was reluctant to turn.
"Good morning" he muttered almost inaudibly when he turned to face him.
"How are you? You didn't come to tell me you were off" His father said.
"Oh" he only said and turned to leave without any additional words.
"Well do you have money..." He called after him but Kelvin was already out the door, shutting it behind him. Mr Longman sighed and walked off to prepare for work making a mental note to send him some money because the lad at this point would rather bleed to death than ask him for anything, his two children for that matter. He sighed again.
***
Dating back to about a year earlier in the Longman household, the atmosphere seemed lighter before the dark cloud came over them, only by this time it was lingering somewhere around the corner. Sarah, their mother at this point hale and hearty stood in her kitchen humming to herself obviously busy cooking, he knee length floral dress moist with perspiration and stream from food, today was an extra special day so she was making an extra special lunch just as she had promised him.
Kelvin got up excited more than any other day, it was his sixteenth birthday and he had looked forward towards the day for a long time, he had made list over and over about the things he wanted to do for his birthday to his parents, he wanted a big fat lunch of all his favorite food, a cake was childish but he wanted it if it was chocolate, he adored chocolate and to "ball out" with his friends as he called it, Vivian said she didn't see how the statement of balling out with his nerdy friends realistic, if balling out for them meant just hanging out and taking cringey pictures of themselves, her idea of balling out was wilding and experimenting with alcohol and getting laid, but of course she didn't front her wild lifestyle to her parents and was really good at playing the good daughter and the only one that truly knew about her lifestyle was her brother.
After a while the house smelled really nice as the arrangement for the lunch was being made, Kelvin came down to the dining and found his mom and sister busy with arranging the table, basically only their mom because Vivian sat at the table heels up on the chair she sat on, leaning on the chair busy with her phone.
"Everything smells nice" He commented as his mom brought in the steaming flask of jellof rice from the kitchen. He rushed and gave her a side hug "thanks mamma"
"Awwwwwn anything for my baby" she giggled, pulling softly from his hug and went into the kitchen "Vivian I need your help here oo"
Vivian groaned and put down her phone "why don't the birthday boy help with anything, nobody treats me this special on my birthday" That. Was a pure lie. Then she gave Kelvin a subtle glare "Lovely family lunch on your birthday, how sadder can your life be"
"Eat my shit" Kelvin retorted, but his eyes were smiling, he loved when they taunted each other even if she topped him with four years she was his best friend, but he would rather die than admit it and so would she. She shot him the finger and went into the kitchen to help their mom.
They were done setting the table and was about to eat, but had to wait.
"Is he still upstairs?" Sarah asked her children. Then both shrugged and took their seats. Sarah's face numbed.
"You people should wait" she said and walked off. Vivian and Kelvin shared a look, Vivian smirked mischievously.
"It's everyday tension with those two" she said, picking up her phone typing away. Kelvin gritted his teeth, he wasn't sure he would have appetite anymore.