A new dawn (Fragility 2)

11. No remorse

".... I see that you made something of yourself at least" Talia's mother, said, looking around at her apartment. " I thought none of you would amount too much to be honest, you all seemed to take after your father."

"if you hated him that much, why did you even stay with him, why did you even have kids with him?"

"he was a stepping stone out of the hood. It was the people he knew that interested me.. I just needed to wait for the right time." She said.

"Aye!" Mason said, after hearing enough of how she was talking to her daughter. "What kind of woman leaves her kids behind?... and what kind of woman stands here talking to her daughter, like she's nothing but shit on the bottom of her shoe."

"And you are... definitely married to someone else" she said with a grin on her face. " so did you meet... Because he's way out of your league Talia"

Talia was so hurt by the change in her mother, that she was tongue-tied, and lost for words. It was as if she had regressed to a small child again.

"... do you have any idea of the chaos you left behind... She has told you that two of yo children died at the age of 15, and you didn't even bat an eyelid. Amelia is pregnant, and uses sex as a way to get comfort and company and feel loved... We don't even know where yo eldest son is... And as for Talia... this girl is amazing, and she carried the load that should've been yours for way, too many of her younger years"

" and you have a wife at home, no doubt and kids of your own... and I also guarantee that you bought her this place.... because she wouldn't have made that on her own, she literally had no prospects... I know for a fact that my eldest daughter is nothing, but a stripper who found a sugar daddy...

Talia had heard enough, she walked back towards her mother, and stood, square in front of her. Her hands were shaking with anger. "Do you know what Dad did to me after you left? do you even understand the person that I became after you left because of him.... because of you"
She just stood looking back at her daughter with her eyebrows raised. " I had to sleep in his bed and have him kissing me, slobbering all over me with his drunken breath."

"He did always have a thing for you, from the age of 13 he lusted after his daughter.... because that's the kind of sick puppy that your daddy is"

"and you left me there!... you knew exactly what he was going to do, and you left me there mom" Talia said, fighting back her tears as her past, came to the forefront and her vulnerability at this point was showing out.

"get a grip Talia, back, then it was a man's world. Women didn't have a say in things like they do now... children definitely didn't"

" I had just turned 15 years old, my childhood was taken away from me... I became his wife, I became a mother and a provider... I had to give up school to take care of the kids and the house, and Dad"

"well good for you, because now you can see how hard it was for me" Nancy said with no remorse. She looked at her watch on her wrist. "I have to get back to my kids... I heard that you were looking for me, but I can see that it isn't for any real reason... and dont worry, sugar daddy here is going to make sure you have a good life... in between screwing you and his wife, Goodbye Talia."

Mason followed Nancy outside. "how the fuck can you treat her that way... You're an evil bitch"

she rested her hand on his chest and smiled. "Mason Farrow, I know that you do business with my husband... so be careful what you say to me" she reached up, kissed his cheek and got back into her Lamborghini.
Mason was intrigued, he didn't know who she was and he had no idea what she meant by doing business with her husband. Now he wanted to know who her husband was.

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Amelia made pancakes for Rizz. He had let her stay at his place because he wasn't going to let her go home to the mess that was her father. "just pancakes?" he said to her with his face screwed up. " where are the eggs and bacon... I've got a busy day ahead of me I need sustenance"

"I usually burn bacon, and I don't know how long to cook a egg for"

"and you are about to be a mother" he said, shaking his head.

"Talia used to cook for us, we would just come home from school and the food would be there.." she said, without a care in the world, as if that was the done thing, and she didn't ever need to do it for herself. " can I go and see her today, I would like to try again"

"I was hoping you were gonna say that because I can't have you here in the house full-time... My girl will go off. She knows I've got a girl here... and she will automatically think that baby is mine.."

Amelia smiled. "Do you wish it was?.." she bit her lip looking at him.

Rizz raised his eyebrows. "Millie!.. you're a fucking kid... and no I don't wish it was mine... keep talking like that and you can go back to yo daddy's place." He told her straight.

She turned around and carried on making pancakes. Rizz was worried about her, he knew that she would never be able to make it out there alone, and that she did need her sister for guidance.

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Mason hugged Talia into him. She fought him at first, but he persisted until she gave into his hug. "Stop trying to be so hard... let me in, let me be there for you..."

"She's a woman who gave birth to me, and she actually feels nothing for leaving me with Dad, and to look after the kids... What the hell..." she said.

"I didn't realise things were as bad as that... I know you've told me things in the past, but you were so slick with a hard exterior. I just felt that no one could hurt you in that way... no one could get that deep with you including me..."

"I have to keep my guard up and I will continue to keep my guard up because people fuck me over and I will never let that happen again..."

"Did you know she had remarried and that she had other kids?"

she shook her head. "No, not a clue...

"it seems that she knows who I am, she said that her husband has business dealings with me... I need to find out who that is..."
She looked at him.
"Unless you want to do that.."

"it would be my pleasure." She said.

"Good... now, I have to head off but I want to cook dinner for you tonight at my place... be there at 7... don't be late." He said and kissed her lips before he headed out.....