Boundaries

Chapter 10

[Andrea]

"Mommy? " I stood In front of the hotel mirror as I dried my hair.

"Yes sweety? "

"Is daddy coming with us? Why was he so angry? "

I looked into her sad face and almost broke down.

"Listen angel. You most likely wont be seeing daddy for a long time. You saw what happened earlier right? "

She nodded her head.

"Didn't he scare you? "

She nodded her head again.

"Well he scared me too, and when you're afraid of someone, you need to stay away from them a while because they need time to get back to their selves. "

"How long will he need time?"

"I don't know baby. But we gotta be patient. "

She began to cry harder.

I cried and held her until she fell asleep.

I didn't want this. I damn sure didn't want my daughter to go through this.

My phone began to ring for the seventh time this past thirty minuets.

"Deon.. " I whispered.

"Hello? " I tried to sound happy. I failed horribly.

"Yo, I been trying to talk to you. Where you been? I heard bout you and ya child's father. "

"How..? "

"Small town, people talk. "

I sighed.

"Oh.. well I'm Ok."

"The lies. Listen, shoot me the address where you and you're daughter are and ima come get you guys. "

"I don't want to burden you with my problems.. it's not right "

"Whats not right is having that beautiful baby girl cooped up in a room unhappy because her daddy was mean. Not to sound harsh or anything. But I wanna do this for her. Not you. "

"I understand. Well Im at the Hilton. Room 203."

"Got you. Get ya things together. Ill be there in a couple minutes. "

I hesitated then looked back at yoheaven.

"Alright. "

At least I know we'll be safe.