Life goes on

Chapter 2

The day finally ended (even though it felt like it was never going to end) and because it was such a weird and embarrassing day I wanted to ask my mum if Tara could come over for a little while but when I tried to ring my mum she didn't pick up. I was so confused because she will nearly always pick up because she works from home, so I just figured that Tara could walk back to my house with me and my mum would be okay with it. BUT WAS I WRONG!!!!

"Don't worry I have my own key, and I'm on good terms with her plus she loves you so I'm sure she will be okay with this" I said as I put the key into the lock and unlocked the house. "Fine lets go in then" Tara replied finally giving up on arguing back. As soon as I opened the door I could hear my mum yelling and a mans voice (one that I had never heard before) yelling back at her, then I heard my mum cry and she hasn't cried since my dad left 3 years ago so I was really worried, but I tried not to show it so I didn't freak Tara out. "Actually on second thought we should wait here for my mum to answer her phone, okay?" I said as quick as I could so Tara wouldn't hear the yelling. "Um sure" Tara replied, not really caring that much.

We sat outside my house for 2 hours until finally a man dressed in a black tuxedo carrying a briefcase with a number lock on it stormed out of my house slamming the door behind him. He whispered to himself in anger as he walked out but I could only make out some words. Crazy and jail were the only words I could understand him say and that was really weird. "Can you wait out here for a minute, I just gotta see my mum for a sec" I told Tara while I was getting up. "Yeah sure, is everything okay?" Tara asked. "Um I think so," I said "I hope so" I then whispered to my self so Tara
didn't hear.

As soon as I got inside I heard my mums crying stop "Alex!" My mum yelled "can you come into my bedroom for a sec" she yelled. Now I was really worried first she cried and she hasn't done that in a while then she wanted me to go into her bedroom and I hadn't been in there since I was really little and my dad was still around (I'm not even sure if I remember what it looks like) but I go anyway to try and find out what's going on. "Is everything okay mum?" I asked sort of quietly because I was worried about what she was going to answer with. "Yeah, everything is going to be fine" she explained. (Going to be!) what is that supposed to mean. "Is Tara here?" Mum asked and I just figured that she had seen my texts. "Yeah she is, why?" I asked extremely confused. "I need you to go pack a bag of your thing because I am going to need you to stay at her house for a while" She said and now I was very confused because my mum and I have never had nights apart unless we really need to. "Um sure how long will I be staying there?" Still curious to what is actually going on. My mum spoke really quietly "two years" "WHAT?" I yelled and I'm pretty sure Tara heard me say that. Then my mum went on explaining that she was going to jail for two years but she didn't want to tell me why (she said at least not yet). Oh My God how am I going to explain this to Tara and her parents.