Donovan

11. Finally, It's Time

         I was walking side by side as Vincent walked beside me. As soon as we reached the waiting room, I saw Mom and Clive waiting in their chairs with Donovan and Pierce sitting beside them, quiet with each other. As soon as her eyes met mine, she got up and walked towards me.

    "Mom-"

     I watched as her hand flew and landed right on my cheek, hard. I stepped back as the tears fell. Vincent let out a growl as he pushed my body behind him.

    "Don't you fucking lay a hand on her again," Vincent hissed as my mother let out a gasp when he got all up in her face. Pierce stood and pulled Vincent away. I stared blankly at her as all she did was glare at me. My cheek throbbed.

    "It's all your fault!" She screamed at me.

    "Mom-"

   "Don't you dare call me that. You have lost all rights! How could you let her lose the baby? Why!" She sped towards me but Donovan suddenly held her back as he glanced to me. I looked away. My tears pooled my eyes but I blinked them away.

    "How is any of this Emery's fault?" Pierce questioned in a pitiful voice.

    "Danica told me that at the cafe, Emery..." I waited for her to answer but she stared at me like I was a stranger. I cried.

    "Emery dropped Mifepristone in Danica's water and-"

    "You believed her?" I gasped. I took a step back as I stared at her, amazed at how many times she could think I could do such evil. Why would I deceive her? How I could hurt someone with intention of them losing a child! That was the last thing that I would ever do, if ever!

    "Danica said-"

    "How could you take her side over mine? I met her for a few fucking minutes and I didn't even know she was pregnant until then! How could you even say-"

    "Why wouldn't you do it. She took Donovan so you took her child. Our grandchild," Clive cut in. I stared at the both of them in disbelief. Donovan sighed, frustrated mostly at my mother and Clive, while Vincent still guarded me from him and m- No. She lost that right too.
Clive and Angelique.

    "You don't love me. You never had ever since dad died." She winced.

     "How could you even say that I had never loved you?"

   "You take her side instead of your own daughter!" I yelled at her as warm tears fell down my cheeks. I wiped them quickly away.

       "You turned to drugs and booze, anything you can get your hands on to forget us, you did it. You forced Sarah to do cocaine when you were drunk!" I shivered at that horrible memory as I panted.

    "Calm down. Your panic attacks," Donovan reminded me as he tried to soothed me when he stepped closer. I pushed him away though as Vincent and Pierce stood behind me with Donovan. My eyes pierced through Angelique's.

    "We were put into many foster homes and one where Sarah and I were abused. Another where we were forced to smuggle drugs for our foster parents and when we were finally able to come back with you after you cleaned your act, you fucking turned to drugs again! You have no right to accuse me of such evil!" I closed my eyes as my body felted disgusted by the unwanted memories. I was confessing everything that I have never told anyone. Only my mother knew but she pretended like she was clueless to it all. Donovan never even knew how fucked up my childhood was. Or the reasons behind Sarah's death.

   "Then we were put into another foster home and we lived with our foster father only where he.. He-"

    "Enough!"  I opened my eyes to see her tears trailing down from her eyes into her cheeks.