What Makes a Family

2-Asshole Attitude

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LEAVE AN ASTERIX* ON ANY OF MY GRAMMAR/SPELLING MISTAKES

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To say dinner was one of the most awkward experiences of my life would be an understatement. I sat beside my mother directly across the table from the man I've been lusting after for several months he's been paying me for my time. How did this happen?

My mother is engaged? It's not fucking fare! Excuse me for sounding like a spoilt brat for a minute, but hear me out. We haven't spoken for nearly three weeks and she just dumps it on me like that? Behind my smile is a storm brewing, waiting for the perfect comment to set me off. But, of course, Lana Price is too polite for that. At this moment I feel as if Tatiana is trying to force her way through and confront this situation.

However, every time I was spoken to I answered with a smile on my face, and stayed quiet until spoken to again. I knew from the second he met my shocked gaze he didn't recognize me! It seems Tatiana is better put together than I could have ever hoped. He's completely blind to the situation we're in right now.

And as my mother sits there talking with Darius, a man that could have made Aldric his carbon copy, several things hit me all at once.

This is the dinner Aldric was telling me about last night. They're here to drop the bomb on me that I'm moving away so my mother can be with his dad. I'm leaving my life behind for my beast of a mothers happiness. Where is the justice in the world?

After that moment I get unusually quiet, not looking up from my dinner plate. It's not like it even matters. Darius and my mother are too caught up in one another to want anything from me, and Aldric seems to be completely ignoring the words of wisdom I gave him last night. If this would have been the first time we'd spoken I wouldn't have found anything wrong with the facade he presented. However, that isn't the case as you well know.

Before the moment I put everything together I found myself staring at his handsome features now that he is here in front of me. Tonight he wears the normal button up shirts I always see on him in our video dates, but the sleeves are rolled up so that I can see how huge his muscles really are. The camera hasn't been doing this man justice.

When I would get caught looking at him he would simply give me a small smile, but I saw the effort he took to hide his distaste for me. It seems we aren't as compatible unless I'm Tatiana. I find myself silently scoffing.

Fucking typical male. He's probably thinking about how ugly he thinks I am with my tiny face and large glasses. I'm sure he's already got a list of things in his head about why he shouldn't like me. If I were Tatiana right now he'd be at my fucking feet begging for my attention.

And you might think that's a twisted or warped way to look at the possibility, but what else am I supposed to think? He does pay me for those four nights a week we speak.

"Lana, honey?" My mothers voice draws me away from my angry inner thoughts. Looking up I meet her faked sincere smile with a flat look. The only thing giving away she's annoyed at that is the slight tick of her jaw. "There's something we need to tell you, but before we do I need you to think really hard before you say anything." To Darius and Aldric it probably came off as concern, but I noticed it as the warning it was meant to be. She doesn't want me to make a scene.

With a sigh I give a small nod for her to go on. I already know what's coming you dumb bitch. I swear to you I'm trying to be nice but you are literally pulling me out of the place I grew up. And with dad! All my memories with him are here.

After she informs me of the move I can only just nod my head lightly in answer. I don't want to make a scene only to hear about it later. I try to understand things between my mom and me, but she's gone to far this time. She can't just uproot me from the only place I have ever known. And with Aldric and his dad! I had to have been a murderer or something in a past life for things to turn so shitty.

I'm a level headed human being, but I have a limit. It's pointless to argue with her, though. It will only cause a fight that I won't win. She's never put my needs above her own, even before my dad passed away. It was all about their marriage and never our family. The only reason I have a vehicle is because of my night job. The day job at the cafe would have never given me the cash I needed to afford such a purchase. It's really just a cover up for my real job that makes all the money.

If she ever found out what I do she'd kick me out for sure. And as much as I want to be away from her, I can't afford it yet. That's why I'm doing all this!

Excusing myself from the room I head to bed with a killer migraine and a broken heart. I text my boss my resignation before sending a quick text explaining my life as of tonight to Sasha. My phone dings several times almost immediately, but I don't bother to get out of bed and check them after I've plugged it in and set it on my night stand. I know for a fact she's probably as mad as I am.

And with that I pass out from the mental exhaustion now known as Lana Prices' life.

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