The Golden and the Tarnish

Chapter 20: The Tarnished Break up

A/N:You guys probably thought I died or something since I used to update weekly, and then I disappeared of the face Wattpad. My first excuse was going to be exam, then first semester work, but I realize I'll be straightforward and say that I forget.

But I'm back my babies and Mommy will give you your much needed chapter.

This Chapter is in Melissa's POV.

Dedicated to Fathiaovo, for being the first reader and my Best Buddy.

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You know you love your siblings. Its always there. No matter how many times you bicker with them, fight, or tease there will always be that unconditional love.

But what if they tell you that they hate you.

"You were at a frickin' party! Mom was going to kill herself and you were partying and drinking, and I found our mom trying to kill herself. " Annie shouted at me. Her hands tangled in her dark hair.

I look down at the filthy floor, "I'm sorry."

"No!" She lifts up her hand and pointed her fingers accusing at me. "Sorry won't cut it anymore. I do all the work around here and all you do is go on dates and girls night out! And I have to throw my own enjoyments away just for us to eat and pay the bills."

Guilt ate at my stomach. She was right. I never got a job in my life. Even when dad was still alive.

"Y'know what?" she continues, her voice growing louder. "You may be my sister, but I ..."

She pauses. I wait for her to finish, but she doesn't.

I watch her push past me and walks towards the ambulance. Two men were pulling my mother's gurney onto the back of the vehicle. She thrashed and screamed for someone to kill her. I tried to get her to look at me, but she only wacked her head on the side of the gurney.

Two police cars sat in front of our house. Four large men stop my sister. Sighing out loud, I walk towards them. I noticed they were asking her questions. She tries and get past them, but one holds her back by the shoulders.

When the other men noticed me, they stopped talking.

"Ma'am, are you related to Miss. McMullen?" a balding policeman asks.

I nod, "Yeah, I'm her eldest daughter."

The bald man nods and jolts down something into a leather notebook. He asks me my age. I answer honestly.

"17" I told him.

I look at my sister, and see the defeated look on her face. She looks at me and I saw hatred in her eyes. A sort-of ' I'm ashamed of you' written all over her face. She didn't need to say how much she hated me.

The officers ask me if there is a place that we could stay for the night. I was about to tell them about the Curtis', but Annie interrupts.

"Yeah, we do." she says, plainly and simply.

"Where exactly?" He asked.

She looked him dead in the eye and lied, "My cousin's house."

"Can I get a name?" He presses on.

" Um, The Curtis'" I added.

Annie looked like she was about to blow her top. I thought I was helping but apparently not. She had some other plan in mind. My head pounded from the drinking the previous night and I wasn't think a sharp as I would sober.

"Can I get a full name?" The police officer says. Then he pauses and assess me, "Are you drunk?"

I wave of fear courses down my back, "No."

"I need to take you back to the station ma'am." He says as another officer went to grab my forearm. "Its just standard testing for underage drinking."

"But I wasn't..." Before I could continue the police men were pulling me towards their vehicle."Hey! I didn't do anything wrong."

I started to struggle against their clutches.Before I could stop them, I was slammed against the back of the car and handcuffed. My sister was shouting at them to stop, but another policeman grabbed her by the arm and dragged her away.

As the first policeman drove off, I watched as my sister start to chase after the police car.

I was a disappointment to both her and my mother. That was a fact. She didn't deserve this. No one did.

My sister was all alone now.