The Love Craver #Wattys2016

Chapter seven

I watched you watch her.

After some minutes of me sleeping, I think. I heard someone come in and shut the door. The figure walked over to me and lowered to my position of sleeping.

Can it be? Of course not.

"Wake up Riley" Jake said gently pushing my hair behind my ear, the hair I'd soon get rid of. I groan as I stand to my feet.

"Were you out" I asked still feeling unconscious.

"Obvio" he jokes, I Didn't smile.

There was a faint smell of alcohol in his breath, Jake never drank, especially alcohol.

"Did you drink"

"Mind your business, sherlock" he enters the kitchen.

I follow him, he can't be drinking. Not him. Jake was the strong one among us when our dad died.
Everyone including my mother couldn't believe he was gone. I too couldn't believe it.

It was the most tragic two years of our life. My mother started having travails, she began to hallucinate, because she didn't have control of her mind.

I guess loosing someone you love dearly can make you someone you are not.

I know how that feels. It hurts every time I see my mother upset that sometimes she hurts herself. She declined going to a therapist when emerald suggested, but somehow she agreed when Melly begged her to.

But nothing has changed, she tries her best to be normal, but she's not.

She hurts me, just like how andrew hurts me, he still hurts me.

Just that andrew hurts me a billion time worse than my mother.

"Please Jake, are you drinking?" I move closer to him.

"Don't come close to me, I'll hurt you"

I've heard that so many times, and this time I'm not listening.

"You think that would stop me, you were fine hours ago, what's wrong?"

"Everyone has to be fine because of mum, why? She's not fine" He's tugging at his hair now.

"That's why she's seeing a therapist"

"And how is that working out!"Now he's shouting.

I dont move as tears start to spill, I quickly use the back of my palms to clean my face remembering I have to stay strong, that's one thing my father had taught me before he died.

" it will work out soon, I promise "I grabbed his hands and squeezed them tightly, but he jerks away from my touch.

"You know, it's okay for you to break down. Everyone has a weakness"

"What's your weakness?"

"The way I'm living"

"That's not a weakness, you are just making excuses because you are nothing-i ramble on..

" Watch what you say"He interrupts moving closer to me

"Nothing but" I continue"a weak boy, you caused his death, You should be sorry. You ungrateful piece of shit! He was trying to warn You and now you can't be strong for mom!"I'm already breathing fast as his eyes begins to drop tears, and the next thing I know is that I'm getting slapped making my face turn to the side.

"You know, I wish you were the one dead" I sob, that came out of nowhere.

"Riley!" A soft but shaky voice comes from the back.

Shoot, mom.

"You don't talk like that to your brother" she moves close to me.

"I'm sorry" I plead.

She tugs at her hair, the way Jake did earlier "it's fine, It's fine. Your dad will come home soon and punish you" she chuckles to herself.

Not this again, she's loosing it

"You need to stop all these, I've had enough drama in my life. I don't need you adding to it. He's dead, your husband is dead. He's never coming back"I scream at her.

"Riley, stop it" jake walks over to me, tears still evident in his eyes.

"Leave us alone, jake. She needs to learn how to respect me" she speaks up

"Mom-

" I said leave Damn it!"she slams her fist on the counter making me tremble slightly.

Jake finally leaves giving me a look that says "You've finally pushed it"

And yes, I've finally pushed it.

"Now, what did you say about my husband" she takes a table knife from the drawer.

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