The C Word

Chapter Seventeen

As to be expected, her mom came outside as soon as she pulled near the garage. Luckily, her cell phone had actually died but she wasn't sure if she was going to have the time to explain due to the pure anger in her mom's eyes. As she got out of her Jeep, her mom grabbed her by the arm and dragged her into the living room. Her dad and Shailly were eating breakfast in the kitchen. As she passed them, the clock told her it was after 4am.

"Where the hell have you been?" Bobbi Lee screamed at her.

"I went back to school," Livy Marie replied to her mom slightly scared but still rubbing her arm.

"For what?"

"I'm sure you know but me and Tyyler are going through a bad breakup and things are messy."

"So what?"

"Well, I had some of his things at my place and he was threatening to call campus security on me if I didn't return his stuff asap."

"Then what happened?"

"He showed up and we fought then Bee just stayed with me as I suffered an incident. Eventually, I fell asleep and woke up and drove back home."

"Why aren't your glasses on then?"

"Because it was giving me a worse headache and with me driving, I kept feeling nauseated."

"But you know the deal, you're not supposed to drive 24 hours after an incident and especially without your glasses," her mom said starting to become less mad.

"I know, I know. I just really wanted to get away from Tyyler and that whole situation as soon as possible."

"And why didn't you contact anybody to let us know what was going on or at least answered any of our calls or texts?" Tucker asked coming into the living room to join the interrogation.

Livy Marie held up her cell phone and said to her parents, "I didn't bring my charger so it's dead."

"But before it died, you should have let us know that you were leaving. We need to be able to reach you and know that we can count on you. You need to be more accountable," Tucker insisted.

"You're right dad and I'm sorry. I got so tied up in the situation with Tyyler that I forgot to check in and let you guys know what was going on. I apologize," Livy Marie said as she tried her best to sound sincere.

"This will be the last reminder for you. You're grown but you still live under our roof and we still support you. All we ask is that you respect us. You will follow the house rules and start to be a better role model for your sister. Starting today, you will take over Shailly's shift. You will close the stores and work the weekends. Do you understand?" Bobbie Lee asked firmly.

"Yes ma'am," Livy Marie responded before being dismissed.

She hurried upstairs and plugged her cell phone up. On one hand, she was glad that they didn't take away her phone, Jeep, or freeze her bank account but on the other hand, she was upset to be working even more.

All her extra time had been with Judd but now she would have less time to spend with him before school started. Plus, she was nervous about not being able to check up on him as often. Especially with Nevaeh playing as if she was helpless and sick. Livy Marie definitely needed to handle that situation and soon.

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God must have been working in her favor because Judd ended up being called back to the oil rigs due to his coworker being out on medical leave. Livy Marie could rest assured knowing that he was nowhere near Nevaeh or Belle for that matter. Even though she was sad that Judd was gone, she had also been ignoring all his calls and texts. She was punishing him for choosing that thot over her. He was going to learn never to do that again. To occupy her mind she worked, chilled with her family, and planned Nevaeh's downfall.