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Bebe's Room
Cleo glared over Bebe before she started her reign of terror she went to shut and lock the bedroom door. Bebe could hear the soft but quick footsteps walking around her room; she knew it could only be one person at this time of night, her mother. Bebe turned to the wall keeping her eye's shut in hopes that her mother would just leave the room. Once she heard the door shut behind her she was sure that her mother left and took a deep breath, but then she heard footsteps coming towards her and she squeezed her eyes even tighter and squeezed her doll to her chest in fear of what could happen next. Even though her back was turned she could feel her mother standing over her. Bebe felt a dip on the side of her bed and moved closer to the wall.
Cleo stared at Bebe and took a deep breath.
" Bebe" Cleo whispered in her daughter's ear
Bebe didn't make a sound; she was as still as she could be hoping for the figure behind her to disappear. Cleo laid her hand on the side of her daughter's head and smoothed down her hair and continued to whisper.
" Bebe, are you awake ?"
Silence filled the air
Cleo gripped and yanked at Bebe's hair while squeezing her nose so that she wouldn't scream.
" I know you're awake! get up !" Cleo Simi yelled, still being mindful not to wake up Lena.
Bebe gasped with tears in her eyes, holding on to her hair and sat up in her bed and moved to the corner, trying to move as far away from her mother as possible. She was frightened, and even though this happened often she was never prepared. Lena crawled further into the bed to get closer to Bebe who was now up against her headboard trying to keep her distance away from her mother.
Cleo was inches away from Bebe's face and she started "What you have been doing in here, while I was gone ?"
Bebe quickly shook her head back and forth stuttering " I didn't do anything I cleaned the house and did all my homework like you told me to", Bebe's heart raced as she waited for her mother's reaction,
Cle0 squinted her eyes and scanned Bebe's face looking for a sign of her being untruthful. She quickly leaned forward scaring Bebe and causing her to jump out of the bed, Cleo reached for her and ended up scratching Bebe across the face, and Bebe fell to the floor with a hard thud. Loud silence filled the air
Lena POV
Lena jumped up from the loud noise she thought she had heard, she sat on the couch and stayed still trying to be sure that she heard the sound. Lena looked around the living room to see Cleo no were in sight. Lena slowly stood up and started to quietly walk out of the living room trying to be cautious of the possibility that an uninvited intruder might be in the house. While standing outside the living room she looked toward the kitchen which seemed to be empty and then turned to her left looking toward the stairway and the front door. The front door seemed to be locked and no windows were open. Lena quickly turned around to the dark steps where Cleo suddenly appeared, Lena was startled and grabbed her chest.
" Cleo girl what's going on you almost scared me half to death."
Cleo mustered up a half smile and said " girl relax it's just me what are you so jumpy for?"
" I thought I heard something or a thumping sound. Is everything alright? Cleo huffed and replied " it was nothing, I Just dropped something upstairs, everything is fine." There was a small pause of silence while they stared at each other, Lena didn't look too sure but she dropped it. " well alright" and turned around and started walking back towards the living room couch. Cleo was right behind her watching her movements closely. Lena laid down on the couch and turned her back to Cleo and snuggled under the warm throw blanket. Cleo sat right across from Lena on the smaller couch and dimmed the living room lamp and stared at Cleo's back waiting for her to go to sleep.
Lena didn't turn around. She wanted to make the impression that she was asleep. She was as stiff as a board, and she could feel Lena looking at her. Something didn't feel right, something strange was definitely going on here, but what could it be? Cleo was acting so strange. And for some strange reason, an image of Bebe popped into her head. She let this image rest on her mind until she fell back to sleep, it must just be the wine she thought.
The Next Morning
Lena stretched herself out on the couch, the sunlight was blinding and the hangover increased her discomfort and headache that she was having. She could smell the aroma of bacon and eggs and was glad that she was up. She was kinda hungry. Lena stood up and stretched once more and swallowed the pill and drank a sip of water that was left on the living room table. She began to walk to the kitchen expecting to see Cleo but it was Bebe.
Bebe
My head and side were still hurting from falling off the bed last night. But what was new the bruises will fade, I just need to make sure that I stay out of her way and do what she tells me so this all can be avoided.
Bebe Mindlessly stood over the stove making breakfast for herself and her mother, breakfast was her favorite part of the day. She walked over to the refrigerator to get out the orange juice when she saw Lena standing against the door frame. Bebe was taken aback she hadn't realized that she was here, how long was she here, why was she here so early on the weekend? Bebe looked down at her arms and leg and saw the bandages and bruises and quickly panicked and turned her back to Lena so that she didn't see her bruises.
" Oh hi Ms. Lena, I didn't know you were here! I'm making breakfast, if I knew you were here I would have made enough for all of us....Sorry" Bebe rushed out
Lena was a little taken aback by how Bebe reacted to seeing her. But Bebe was always a little anxious, maybe it was nothing, maybe she was just a little startled. But it was strange that Bebe wouldn't even look at her. The more Lena walked into the kitchen the more she could clearly see the marks on Bebe's body.
Lena saw a reddish-purple mark on Bebe's exposed shoulder and reached to touch it while asking " Oh my, Bebe what happened to your shoulder ?" with a soft but concerned tone.
Bebe quickly pulled up her sweater and turned around with a smile " Oh it was nothing Im just really clumsy im always bumping into somethings, its nothing" Bebe laughed of while reaching for a plate filling it with bacon and eggs and quickly asked Lena if she would like to share some of hers since there was only enough food left over for her mother.
Lena lightly smiled and felt a sense of relief from Bebe's response regarding the marks. Bebe was so sweet for sharing her food with her Bebe was an angel Lena thought. Bebe held out a piece of Bacon and held it in front of Lena , Lena giggled and bit it causing them both to laugh.
" Oh, Bebe you're so sweet" Lena embarrassed Bebe with a hug while touching the back of her head to bring her closer and quickly peeked at her cheek. When Lena leaned back a little with a smile and could see Bebe winching a little
" Oh, Bebe what's wrong did something happen to your head"
" Oh no it's just a tender is all I combed my hair this morning and it was hurting a little from that"
" Oh sweetie you have to be more gentle with yourself, be patient with your crown" Lena smiled
Bebe smiled back, Lena always said nice things to her, no one never was nice to her she always liked when Lena was around.
" So how has school has been going,?" Lena asked
Before Lena could answer she saw her mother standing in the doorway eyeing her , which made her nervous.
" Oh, it's going really well, um Mom I made you some breakfast I'm going to go upstairs to straighten up my room, see you later Ms. Lena" Bebe quickly exited the kitchen.
