The Hangrid Adoption

Part 10 - Lies

*****STEF'S P.O.V.*****

Ingrid came into my room and sat on my bed.

"How did this happen?" She said asking about my face.

"I fell down the stairs." I lie.

"Okay, now tell me what really happened." She persists. Fuck! Is it that obvious? What the hell.

"That is what happened." I say with a straight face. (It's the only straight thing I can do.)

"Are you sure nobody, maybe pushed you down the stairs?"

"I tripped on my shoelace." I lie. I'm normally so good at lying. Why can she see through me?

"Okay!" She says unconvinced. She gives me a hug.

"You know you can tell Han and I anything right?" She says.

"I know Mom. Thanks for adopting me. I don't think anyone else would have." I say. I mean all of it. The look on her face was priceless. She was still in shock from me calling her "Mom".

*****INGRID'S P.O.V.*****

Stef just called me "Mom". This is one of the happiest days of my life. It's right next to marrying the love of my life.

I hug her. So many happy thoughts right now. My brain might explode.

"Han and I are going to start dinner, you should rest until then." She really needs to rest, she looks like she is dying.

------The Next Day------

*****STEF'S P.O.V.*****

Hannah believed my lie about the stairs. Ingrid not so much.

I'm getting ready for school. I might have been treated like absolute shit yesterday, but I'm not going to let them win. I look like shit too but I don't give any fucks. The amount of families that I've lived in where I haven't almost been killed by someone is the amount of fucking fucks I give.

I walk into the kitchen, and imediatly get hugged. I have to bite my tounge in order to keep a scream of pain down. If they knew how much pain I was in I wouldn't be allowed to go to school.

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I'm at my locker when someone comes up behind me and taps me on the shoulder. "Hey." I know that voice!