Vicious Cycle

Vicious Cycle VXII

VICIOUS CYCLE

VXII

A few days later, it was in the afternoon. Starr was at her residence, cleaning the kitchen. Her mother was lying down on the sofa on the phone to a friend.  Starr was scrubbing the floor; taking out her frustration on the ground in response to everything that had gone wrong - Her broken family that was destroyed at the hands of her stepfather, Kevin, her failed relationship and her rejection from University. The thoughts built up to the point where Starr angrily knocked over the water bucket which she was using to clean the floor, and took a deep breath as she got to her feet. Starr heatedly threw the sponge against the wall and clasped her face with her hands. Starr then heard her door buzzer ring. She hastily walked to the door and opened it to see Wonder. Wonder smiled but saw the frustration and confusion etched on Starr’s face

“Starr…Can I come in?”

“…Yeah…yeah, sure” Starr declared in a neutral tone as she relaxed her face. Wonder stepped through and Starr closed the door behind her.

Wonder quickly peeked through the living room to see Starr’s mother and he waved

“Hello, Ms Scott” Wonder grinned

“Hello, Christopher” Ms Scott smiled “How are you?”

“Not too bad thanks” Wonder declared “Hope you’re feeling better”

“I sure am, love” Ms Scott replied “Please give Michaela some company. She is feeling incredibly low and I just do not know what to do. It seems when I talk to her, it falls on deaf ears. She’s only interested in nursing me to health and nothing else. She’s really lost, she’s been in this house for almost five days straight, and it can’t be healthy”

“I’ll talk to her” Wonder replied

“Such a good young man…You would be so good for Michaela” Ms Scott declared, oblivious to the fact that Wonder is a dangerous, ruthless gang leader and that her daughter is a part of the gang “Level-headed, polite and handsome. What more could a mother want for her daughter?”

“Thank you, but that’s history” Wonder replied “We are simply friends, nothing more”

“If you say so, son” Ms Scott declared. The house phone soon rang, and she picked it up “Hello…Debbie! Hi, wow I was just thinking about you, how you been?”

Wonder then walked out of the living room to see Starr on all fours scrubbing the kitchen floor vigorously

“Starr…I can’t take this anymore” Wonder barked “For fuck sake, how is anyone supposed to help you if you keep shit bottled up?”

“Who said…I needed help?” Starr growled as she scrubbed the floor with force. Wonder rushed to Starr and stopped her scrubbing “Why are you here? If you’re gonna give me a lecture then save your breath and walk out the door because, quite frankly, I’ve had enough of people trying to fix shit that they can’t understand”

“Can you hear yourself? Honestly, can you?” Wonder replied “You ain’t making any sense”

“Fuck off, Wonder…I don’t need this, just leave me alone”

“No…You need to hear me out” Wonder declared

“Don’t you have some people to rob, or to steal cars, what Wavy usually do?” Starr barked