The summer break keepsake

The keepsake (14)

Kelly's POV (cont)

"Your what?" I hear from behind us as my eyes widen at the sound of her dad's cold harsh voice. I move my hand from Stella's stomach as I slowly turn around seeing her parents standing at her bedroom door, her dads eyes staring back at me, I can see the anger in his eyes, the whites of his eyes turning red as a fiery storm brews around them, I can see the rage burning inside him.

I quickly stand up backing up away from him as he steps into the room, moving towards her desk unable to back up anymore "did I hear that right? Did you say baby? Have you got my little girl knocked up" he says stepping closer to me, the frustration in his voice and his breathing heavy out through his noise like an angry bull, I can almost feel my body shrinking under his gaze and he's about to splat me under his shoe like a pesty insect.

"Dad, leave him alone, it's not his fault" I hear Stella shout over to us as her dad turns to her and points at her "and you can shut up, I'll deal with you later" he snaps at Stella "wow don't talk to her like that" I shout at him as he turns back to me.

"I will speak to her how I want, she is my daughter" he shouts at me as he kicks the chair away from between us and walks closer to me pointing his finger at me. "I warned you..." he grumbles clenching his fist close to my face.

"Anthony, stop...this isn't going to solve anything" I hear Stella's mom shout as I look over and see her sat with Stella her arm wrapped around her.

"I beg to differ" her dad says still looking at me feeling a knee to my groin as I hunch over and groan "DAD!" I hear Stella shout as I look up to her but feel a punch to my face knocking me to the floor.

I get on my knees and look up at her dad, holding my arm out to him to stop him going to punch me again "I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to happen" I tell him as he laughs "what did you expect to happen, bunnies to be delivered to your door? Unicorns pissing rainbows" he shouts at me as he grabs my shirt and lifts me up turning me to Stella as she looks at me sorrowfully.

"Dad let him go...please, this isn't his fault" she says looking at her dad "oh yeah how is it not? It is him who's the father right? Or do I now have a slut for a daughter" he shouts as Stella looks at her mom "mom tell him to stop please" Stella asks as her mom just looks from her to her dad and doesn't say anything.

"Your mom knows I'm right" her dad says as he pulls me towards the door as I put my arms out against the door frame stopping him from taking me out.

"I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving her with you" I shout as I turn around and push him off me "fine...then she goes with you" he says going over to Stella and grabbing her arm picking her up "what...dad no...can we please just talk this out" Stella cries as her dad pretty much throws her at me and I catch her.

"You're not my daughter anymore" her dad says heartlessly as he grabs a photo from her dresser and shows it to us, it looked like a photo of Stella when she was younger "that's my daughter...where did that girl go" he asks Stella.

"She grew up dad...it's me, I'm still that girl in that photo, just not a little girl anymore" Stella tells him as he puts his fist through the photo frame "Anthony!" I hear her mom shout as he turns to her "shut up Diane, you know as well as I do, that this little girl, the girl we raised wouldn't do something this stupid" he says holding the photo up from the frame and showing it to her mom.

Her mom looks down away from us as her dad looks at us "shame on you both, you want to act like adults, then go be one, just not under my roof, you're not welcome here anymore, my daughter is dead to me" he says crumpling the photo up in his fist.

I see Stella looking over at her mom as I hear her sobbing "mom...say something" she asks her mom as her mom shakes her head "you should go stella, your dad is right" her mom says not even looking at her as I hear stella sob again as I place my arm around her.