A Part of Me

Welcome home Bradley

" Samantha !!! " I yelled out hopping my sister was home since she never answered my phone call . " SAM !!! "

" Gosh honey why are you screaming ? " My mother asked coming from the dinning room. He face read pure fear when she saw me " Justine what's wrong hunny ? " she nervously asked. " Oh my god hunny what happened ? " my mom slowly approached me and as soon as she was close enough I gave up , my body went limp and I fell right into her arms. The tears came like a bad rain storm, I was flushed with a mix of emotions I could no longer hold it in. She stroked my auburn locks in her hand , " Justine baby everything is going to be okay whatever it is , Mommy is here. " we sat on the step and she let me cry it out , she stopped asking questions and allowed me to sulk in my tears.

" Mom , Dad ! I'm home " Sam entered the house shortly after , stopping dead in her tracks at the sene in front of her. " Justine what's wrong ? " she dropped her bags on the ground and came rushing over to my side to soothe me. " Mom what happened ? Did someone do something to her ? Where's dad ? Oh my god where's my phone ? " a panic Sam could barely keep her composure as she quickly called our father. Barely legible over the phone she anxiously explained to our father what she walked in to. " Daddy please get home soon , I don't know what's going on with Justine. I walked in and mom is holding her on the steps and she is practically crying her eyes out "

I could hear my dad on the other end " I'm almost home sweetheart , please calm down let me speak to your mom. "

She struggled to hand mom the phone. " Hey hun , I don't know she came home like this and she hasn't stopped crying since. " mom continues to comfort me " No , no hun take your time I've got this " she pressed end and sat the phone down besides her on the steps.

" Hey Jus , talk to me " Sam kneeled down in front of me.

I managed to gather myself together to began to explain to them what happened.

" She was there today , at my job .... in my office .... "

" Kerry ? " Mom asked

I just nodded my head " And ? What happened ? Did she hurt you Jus because I swear to god I will climb in my car right now and go hand her a personal ass whipping to her front door steps " and angry Sam stated.

" Samantha Nicole , you watch your languages young lady " mom scorned Sam.

" Sorry Mother "

" No Sam she didn't do anything , I don't know what came over me. She was at my office to go over some paper work for the business trip. I totally forgot she was head on travel so when she arrive at my office I was so caught off guard. " I wiped my tearing red eyes, " Anyways I was very professional and next thing I know I'm running off to the bathroom locking myself in there for an hour. "

" Oh Justine , honey your emotions took over. You haven't really seen or communicated with Kerry since your falling out so you didn't really know how to react. "

" It's okay Jus , it's natural to react the way you did. " Sam reassured me.

" Come let's go get you something to drink and clean this messy face of yours " we all got up from the stairs and proceeded to the living room. Mom went to grab me a glass of water while same went to go get some tissues for me to wipe my face.

" Well what did she say why you were hiding in the bathroom ? "

" She just kept saying she was sorry , how if she would have known it was me that she was having the meeting with she wouldn't have come unannounced and she was sorry for making things so uncomfortable for me. " my cell phone began to ring " Hey Sam could you see who that is ? "

" Sure " Sam got up to retrieve my phone from the bags on the floor. " It's an unknown number "

" Let it go to voicemail "

Sam shrugged her shoulder and walked back over to me and mom placing the phone down on the coffee table. We were so busy talking that we didn't hear dad enter the room.

" Where's my butterfly ? "

" Oh dad " I wined , he walked over to us and greeted mom and Sam with a kiss on the cheek.

" What's wrong sweetie ? "

" Nothing dad , I saw Kerry today and overreacted "

" She did not overreact ! " Sam said in my defense " She just had an emotional overload , but she's okay now dad. "

" Sure ? " he asked still a little worried

" Yes I'm sure "

" Okay then, well since everyone is here we have some company " dad said with a nervous smile on his face. Me and Sam looked at each other and then at mom who was just as confused as the rest of us.

" Paul you didn't tell me we were having guest over " mom said raising up from her seat and walking over to dad.

" Yeah dad what's the deal ? " Sam questioned

" Well technically he isn't really a guest " Dad paused and walked out the living room to retrieve the mystery person.

" What's up with your father lately ? "

" Have no clue Sam "

Minutes later dad return to the living room , with the mystery person trailing behind him. I couldn't see who it was until I saw mom practically break down in tears.

" Oh god baby , oh come here " a weepy mom said taking him into her arms.

" Bradley ? "

" Bradly ! Dad ! " I could see the anger come over Sams face " Are you freaking kidding me right now ! "

" Oh Bradley my son , how are you ? Let me took a look at you " mom spint Bradley in a circle to get a better look at him.

" I'm fine mother , Hey Sam ... Hey Justine "

I got up from my seat to greet my brother even though I know I wouldn't hear the last of it from Sam , it's been a while since we've seen Bradley after the incident and him returning back to the army and all. " Hey Brad " I gave my brother a warm hug, I knew he didn't expect Samantha to greet him at all. She just stood there with this look of betray and disappointment on her face.

" Samantha ! " Dad said sternly

" Dad do you really to expect me to give him some happy family greeting ? "

" I expected you to have some respect "

" For who ? Not him ! Now Dad , Mom I respect the both of you very much even Justine but I have no respect for this man at all " and with that being said out the door she went.

" Oh Justine go talk some sense into your sister ! " mom pleaded .

" Sure mom " I went to go after Sam and Bradley grabbed my arm , I turned my head and gave him a puzzled look.

" Please , let me .... I'm the one she upset with "

" Bradley are you sure ? I don't think that's such a good idea . "

" I mine as well try right "

" Go for it " I allowed my brother to go shoot his best shit at calming Sam down or even speaking to him directly for that matter.

" I just wish she would let it go , we barely get to see Bradley. God forbid anything happens to him in the army she would hate herself for never speaking to him again. " it killed my mom that Sam and Bradley wasn't speaking and I hated it. Mom was absolutely right but Samantha was so stubborn.