Robert Robber

10

"Robin, you're a terrible sister. See how quickly you forgot about me because your friends came back" ,I whined.

"Oh come on Rob,it's been only a few days,don't be such a baby", she said with laughter in her voice,
"Besides, Gina told me both of you have become friends,so don't pretend you're lonely", she continued.

"Ahhh, I see Gina is a tell tale. Just being the bigger person here by calling to see how you're doing but alas!, you think I'm being a baby. My next call to you will be to wish you happy new month. That's your punishment",I said,making her laugh sone more.

"Robert,you're so silly, today is thirtieth, joke's on you now", she was still laughing when she ended the call.

I forgot the month was over already and I made a silly statement. But I don't mind being silly if it made Robin laugh.

I put on my brown leather sandals and made my way to the kitchen to eat some freshly baked chocolate cake that good old Lilian made this morning.
I was on my way for my shrink session and after that,Gina will join me at the café and we'll both go see a movie.

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"Welcome,Robert" , Kat greeted as I entered her office.
"Good morning",I greeted back and we both entered the controversial room.
"So,how are you today?", she said,and it wasn't said the casual way people generally asked,she was asking how I really was.
"I'm okay. Had a good laugh with my sister this morning,so I'd say I'm in high spirits".
She smiled and wrote something down in her note pad.
"So,after the death of your parents,where did you both go?",
I cleared my throat and continued the story of my life, "Robin and I were taken to New York by our father's sister, Aunt Margaret. She was nice and warm but had a mean husband.
Uncle Colby had a bad temper and he got angry really fast.
He used to hit me and when he tried to hit Robin,I always jump in line of the blow and this mad him beat me more.
Many times,I wanted to run away with my sister but I stayed because of Aunt Margaret,she treated us like we were hers.

One day,Uncle Colby came home drunk and broke. I was in the small living room watching a wrestling match when he came in. I tried to disappear from his line of view but he saw me,he suddenly roared as if I was the reason he wasn't a successful man.
He yelled at me to go inside,I would have obeyed immediately but he was standing in front of the door that lead to the room I shared with Robin and I was certain he would hit me again if I went towards there.
So,I stayed put.
This made him angrier and he removed his spiky belt and started swinging it towards me. I tried my best to avoid the blow but by the third swing,the pointed metal tips struck my left cheek.
It hurt like hell"

I felt my left cheek,remembering the pain I felt that night. I blinked and continued telling Kat about my childhood,

"Aunt Margaret came in just then and started shouting at him to stop,but he was too drunk and angry to hear her,so,she stood in front of me,believing that Colby won't hit her.
She was very wrong.
He swung again and the buckle hit Aunt Margaret's temple,she cried out as she fell to the floor and that seemed to make him realise what he had done. He rushed to her side and I took the chance to run inside.
I woke Robin up and we both snuck out of the house into the streets, I didn't want us to be a reason Colby will start hitting Aunt Margaret.

"We only had the clothes on our backs. We roamed the streets for days, sleeping where we could. I had to fight off many boys who wanted to harass Robin. She hardly spoke but she was good at running.
Whenever those boys came by,I'd challenge them and Robin would run away and come back after an hour.

"We stole food and money for upkeep. I think that's when I started stealing. "
Kat sighed and asked,
"How old were you? "
"Fifteen",I answered.

She wrote more words in her note pad and looked back up, "please continue"

I took a deep breath, "stole clothes too,because the ones we had were worn and dirty. We both went in search of jobs and Robin found a job. She was a bartender at a sleazy club,delivering drinks to the VIP section." Just then,the bell went off.

"Sorry,time's up. We'll continue next time. But Robert,I want you to know that you don't need to steal anything anymore. You make a honest living and you can buy whatever you want to. ",Dr.Xavier said.
I nodded and left her office.

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"Hey Robert!, let's go see a movie.",Gina said suddenly.
We were at the coffee shop as usual,just eating and I was trying to push my hard childhood to the back of my mind.

"I don't know,Gina, I'm not in the mood for movies. Just want to go home and stay in bed." , I said.

"Nonsense,you look depressed. Alright,let's go to your place and watch the movie there,how's that?", she pressed.
I actually didn't mind having her around,maybe she could say something about the lockets.
"Alright,let's go buy a movie to watch", I said and we got up and left the café.