Not For Your Ears: When Roses Bleed

Chapter 2

I was out of breath as I ran home. I had missed dinner, and it was unusual for mom that she didn't leave anything out for me. She knew I always returned home for dinner...and it wasn't odd that I left the house and came back late. She knew that... I could... hear things.

"Your finally home."

I looked to see Brett standing there by the door way that lead to the living room.

"So? Get use to it, I usually come and go as I please, I have a job, I walk to work. Its a natural teenager thing."

I asked and said as I pulled out the left overs from the fridge.

"You made your mother feel bad."

There was doubt in his voice, I think he thought that I didn't care if she was upset.

"Oh really?"

I played along with his game.

"Yea, she doesn't like how her only daughter treats her like shit."

Oh he did not just say that. I was trying to hold back from hitting him.

"What do you mean?"

I spit out.

"You know what I mean."

"You don't understand and until you do, you won't get an aounce of recegnition from me. You will be a shadow to me, until you learn that mind tricks will not work on me."

"Oh, but I do understand. You dont want her to be happy, you want her to spend the rest of her life alone, and I got news for you, your rule over her is over, If you think that you will get away with such bad behavior you are sadly mistaken."

"I had no rule over her."

We were both trying not to raise our voices. I couldn't eat the food that I took out. So instead, I just put it back in the fridge.

"No. You still don't understand." I said after a moment of silence.

I looked up at his eyes and said

"Your not or ever will be my father, so shut the hell up and tend to your 'hurting' fiancee, you piece of trash."

I quoted on hurting with my fingers for emphasis. I hated his guts now, attacking me like that, how could he.

I didn't get any sleep as that night, and for the past few says they acted as if nothing ever happened. Oh yes, the 'lets-forget-this-web-of-lies' game.

I went to work and went to shchool just like a normal fifteen year old who works at a flower nursey.