My Mother's Boyfriend

Chapter 13

"Mum? Oh hey Emma." He says and I smile slightly at him while his mom just stares at me. "Emma?" She asks and I nod. "Get out of my house." She says and I bite my lip. "Please, I have a few questions!" I exclaim and she walks closer. "Mum, what is going on?!" He asks and she stares at me. "You don't need to be here." She says and I step back. "Please, there are so many things I need to know." I say and she looks at Harry. "Harry, go downstairs." She says and he stands there for a moment, staring at us and then leaves. "Did she send you here?" She asks but I shake my head. "She doesn't even know I left the house, I came here because she said I have a brother and that you are keeping him here, is Harry my brother?" I ask and she stares at me for a minute. "Yes." She says and I nod. "Why did you take him?" I ask and she sighs. "I wanted a son and I didn't think her and your dad could handle two kids." She says and I bite my lip. "You couldn't have taken us both?" I ask and she sighs again. "Emma, your dad was so stuborn that he wouldn't let me take both of you." She says and a tear slips down my face. "You hated my dad, didn't you?" I ask and she shrugs. "Yes, he had to argue with me on everything." She says and I sigh. "Well he died in a car accident so you won't have to worry about him anymore." I say and there is some kind of emotion but it is soon replaced by her normal poker face. "Did you run away from home?" She asks and I nod. "I don't think you know the impact that you had on my mom." I say and she sighs. "What are you talking about?" She asks and I lift up my sleeves to reveal the slashes she made and not my cuts. "Did she do this to you?" She asks, staring down at my arms. "Y-yeah." I whisper and she pulls me into a hug. "You can stay here for awhile as long as you don't Harry any of this, you are a runaway who needs a place to stay for awhile." She says and I nod. "Thank you." I say and she smiles and kisses my forehead. We leave Harry's room and go downstairs and she goes over to the man in Harry's pictures. She whispers in his ear and he glances at me and nods. I go to the living room and plop down next to Harry. "Hi Emma." He says and I smile. "Hi." I say and he looks back to his phone. "Harry." My grandmother calls and he looks up and then gets up and walks over to her. I look at them and she starts explaining to him about me and he nods. He walks back over and sits with me. "So, why did you run away?" He asks and I bite my lip. "Just needed to get away." I say and he nods. "So you came here?" He asks and I nod. "I saw it and thought maybe someone would be nice enough to let me stay here." I say, watching him. "I guess so." He says and I nod. "I hope it isn't going to be a problem." I say and he shrugs. "I haven't actually got to talk to someone my own age." He says and I smile. "So this might be fun, right?" I ask and he smiles. "Yeah." He says and I bite my lip. Hopefully.

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Things will be getting weird but please, bear with me. -C