Stronger Than I Was (Eminem Story)

Elastic Heart

"Mom!" I said louder. She passed me the phone and I walked outside and leaned against my car.

"What Marshall?" I questioned.

"I don't wanna sleep in a airport." He said.

"If you didn't want to sleep in a airport then maybe you wouldn't have missed your flight." I said and looked at my bruised knuckles.

"I didn't miss it on purpose."

"I don't recall saying you did." I said.

"I miss you."

"I don't miss you, but I will say with this last sentence. Life is no Nintendo game, you can't keep playing me and expect me to kiss your ass." He breathed and I hung up. I woke the boys up and we walked to the car

4 Weeks Later

I was tucking the boys into bed when I fell down some steps and broke my leg. I was bummed out about that because I had shit planned. I used my crutches and went to the house phone. I called Marshall and he answered.

"I heard about your leg."

"Look I'm only calling to ask for help. I'll have to wear this over summer and I can't take care of the boys like this."

"How did this happen again?"

"Don't start prick." I said and he agreed to come.

2 Weeks Earlier

"Mama." Micah said and I ran upstairs but not before slipping on a toy car and falling down the steps and hearing a crack. I screamed out in pain and crawled up the stairs to Kristen's room and seeing Micah coloring on the wall. If I wasn't in so much pain I would beat his ass now. But instead I pulled myself up, adrenaline running through my blood as I stumbled into the room and grabbing Micah up by the shirt and screaming at the top of my lungs.

"WHY DID YOU DO THIS! FUCK!" I shouted and dragged him down the stairs and slung him into his car seat and strapped him. I stumbled back upstairs and grabbed Kristen. I put him in the car seat and they both started crying. I tried to make it out of the house and into the car and then when they were strapped in I sped as fast as I could down the streets of my city to the hospital.

"STOP CRYING!" I screamed and I felt the rush start to go away. I hit my horn and then I turned into the hospital parking lot.

Present

"You screamed at our kids."

"Marshall, shut the fuck up." He was so annoying but I had kids with him so something was okay about him.