A Nerd's Life

2).Masterchef Schist right there.

I felt my knees go weak and my chest tightening. I couldn't breath.

I'm coming back, princess

What's that supposed to mean? Was he really coming back? Is he going to hurt mom again? What is that supposed to mean?

I leaned on the door for support. Was I overreacting? It couldn't be from dad. It could be from a stalker. I'd rather have a stalker than my father. Sliding down I sat on the floor.

But still I felt my hands go clammy and my eyes were flooding with tears of fright. I didn't normally cry, the last time I cried was when father left and never came back, and that was 8 years ago!

"April? Are you coming or not? You left like the rude person you are so I don't now whether to pause the game or not." I heard Zac yell from downstairs.

Should I tell him? Then suddenly a huge pain struck in my head causing me to gasp. It was a painful memory.

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"Mommy why are you crying?" I asked my mother.

"Honey can you call your brothers down please" She asked me with sadness evident in her voice.

"Okay" I said slowly walking away. Something was wrong and she didn't want me to know.

I was forced to stay upstairs as mommy was talking with my big brothers. She told me to not come down until she told me to. So I stayed up for a long time.

"No! Mom you're lying!" I heard Isaac screaming. He sounded... hurt.

"Mom please we're sorry we pranked you on April fools' day but it's long gone now so it's not funny!" I heard Eric screaming

"I'm sorry kids but it's the truth" I could hear my mother crying out loud.

"NO!" Connor screamed. I heard footsteps running up the stairs to see it was Connor. He saw me staring at him with confusion written all over my face so he grabbed my hand and and dragged me all the way into his room and locked it. Then I felt Connor's hands wrap around me securely to form a one-sided hug.

"Promise me you won't leave me too" Connor told me.

"Connor what are you-..."

"PROMISE ME!" He screamed

"Connor... I... I... promise " I told him confused out of my mind.

I heard a huge crash coming from near the door. I turned around to see the door was on the floor, broken, and Zac standing outside the room.

"Shut up!" Zac yelled "dad obviously didn't love us the same way we loved him so just shut up! I hate him just as much as you do now! So just shut up and don't talk about him anymore!"

What were they talking about? Dad loved all of us. We loved him too. Especially Zac! They would play lacrosse together and everything. Why would he say something like that?

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I remembered when my mother explained everything to me and how Zac was the most affected. If I told him... I don't know what would happen. I coudn't tell him. I couldn't tell anyone.