Magcon Girls ↬ J.J

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Lexi・
I shuffled the cards as Shawn talked to his mom on the phone.

"Alright  you ladies ready for some poker?" I asked as I delt out the cards.

"Shawn, you in or out?" Matt asked. He gave us a thumbs up which meant he was in.

We were already in play when Shawn got off the phone.

"I get to visit my mom while we're in Toronto. You guys are welcome to join me since all you do when we're there is eat our food and use our pool." Shawn laughed.

"Sure! I'd love to meet your mom."  I told him.

"When we're in New York, maybe I can meet your mom." Shawn said. I instantly froze; my mom.

"Yeah Lexi. You never told us about her and you never mention her. What's she like?" Matt asked. Cameron looked at me, waiting for an answer.

I threw my cards down and ran back upstairs.

I hated talking about my mom; I hated it so much!

"Lexi!" Cameron called. I ran into my room and locked the door." Lexi open up." He knocked.

"You never talk about your mom or what happened. I can't help you if I don't know. I want to help you..."

I sat against the door, with me head in my knees, debating on letting him in or not.

I eventually unlocked the door and instantly buried my face in his chest and cried.

"Tell me." He said softly.

I whipped my eyes and started to pace.

"When I was growing up, my mom didn't make a lot of money. My dad was an abusive, alcoholic psychopath who left us when I was 4. My brother and I took care of each other since our mom didn't do a good job at it. When I got accepted to dance school, she wouldn't let me go. She wanted me to stay and take care of her. I paid for the ticket, the first rent, and clothes on all the money I saved. I packed my bags and left in the middle of the night. When she found out I was gone, I was already starting my new life.  I haven't spoken to her since. Every time I think about her, I think about my dad and everything he did and that scared me for life!" I sobbed." A father is your first important person in your life and when he does stuff like this he makes you think the world was like that! Till I met the girls, I thought that the world was going to beat me down and I wouldn't be able to do anything about!"

I didn't know how Cameron was going to take in all this. I looked at him and he looked stoned.

"I had no idea. Maybe she had a reason she didn't want you to go. Maybe she didn't want her good child to leave without anything left of her." He suggested. I shook my head.

"My mom has always hated me. As a child she never payed attention to me, just to trying to fix it with my dad."