Here's chapter two Bryony ;)
I lift my head up & wake up, its five fifteen in the morning. After all the party planning, it was late, Ingrid & I fell asleep, but staying up was totally worth it. I get up & see that Ingrid is still fast asleep, so I take a bath & change into a school outfit. I walk over to her & shake her.
"Ingrid.. Baby get up, we have to go sign Scarlet for school & get to school ourselves" I say.
She rubs her eyes & stands up.
"Can you go get Scarlet ready while I shower?"
I nod to her & walk over to Scarlets room, to my surprise, she's already up picking her outfit.
"Honey, I'll take it from here, come on" I signal her to her bathroom, she follows gracefully after me. I turn on the shower to a hot massage; just how she likes it.
"Thank you Auntie Maddie" She says as I walk out of the bathroom.
I search around her vanity & closet until I find a cute outfit. A leather jacket & a loose white shirt with acid bleached shorts & a pair of high top white converse.
Scarlet takes the clothes & changes, than comes back out all dressed up.
"I'm going to leave your hair, it would look beautiful." I say drying her hair with the fluffy white towel.. She springs out of my lap & runs to Ingrid's room.
plently of rooms across from her, I can hear her screams of delight. Just a few minutes later, we're in Ingrid's car, driving to Office Depot to purchase a few things Scarlet might need on her first day - which is today. After we're done purchasing we stop by the cafe'and we order two ice coffee's & an orange juice for Scarlet. Its 7:02, perfect timing.
We're reaching Creekside elementary when a whole crowd of parents & kids stare at us as if they are the unpopular's & we're the populars. We step out of the car & I show Ingrid the main office where she signs a few papers when the woman attending her speaks up.
"Welcome to Creekside Elementary Scarlet, I'll show you your classroom in a bit, pass this way." She said pointing to a door that lead to a hall with classrooms.
Wordlessly, she waited in the hallway.
"School starts at 8, and ends at 2:15" She said handing Ingrid a school pamphlet "Have a good day miss"
We walked out of the office & got in the car when Ingrid breaks into tears.
"Ingrid? Whats wrong?" I say
"Look what tate texted me" She said handing me her phone.
From: Tate.
Sent at 7:01 am.
Look, I can't always be taking care of your stupid little monkey, she's ruined my dream of being on a stage. Don't you see that you should have aborted that stupid little shit? She's been nothing but a waste of time & she's the reason I was slowed down! I would've been a rich man, we would have been traveling across the world! But you decided to keep her! So you know what, I'm not going to be that father figure for her, You should have thought of that before you kept her! I'm leaving Maine for good! Don't bother looking for me either bitch!
