Abandoned ✔️

Chapter 12- don't let it get on your skin

Chapter 12- don't let it get on your skin

We slowly snuck into Helton's room while Violet distracted him during his lunch and Kate kept an eye out for people.

"Did you bring it?" Tyler asks as Chris and I walk in behind him.

"You bet I did," I️ reply as I️ pull out a small bag from my backpack.

He extends his arm and I️ slowly and carefully place the bag on his hand. "Watch out Ty, don't let it get on your skin."

"Sure thing Vee," he says as he wears gloves and sprinkles some of the powder on the sides of Helton's chair and his table where he usually puts his hand when he stands up.

Ian suddenly comes inside the room and takes out a lot of glue. "Ready?"

"Hell yeah."

Chris and Ian open up a bottle of glue and they spread it on Helton's chair. "Make sure you spread it good, you don't want it to leave the white marks."

Both of them take a ruler and spread the glue carefully.

My eyes drift off to the cupboard he always keeps at the end of the room. I squint my eyes and notice the same box there with papers, pictures and other things in it.

That day when I pulled the box out, I saw a picture of him, a lady and a small child.

They seemed like a happy family if they are a family.

It made me feel alone and lonely once again when thinking about family. Why would my birth parents ever abandon me?

"Done?" Tyler asks and Chris and Ian nod in response. "Alright, let's go."

All through elementary school, everyone called me the abandoned girl. The girl who was never loved by her parents and they left her.

Tears started forming in my eyes and one of them rolled down.

Was I that unwanted? I thought.

I was too concentrated on the box that I didn't notice that Kate signaled Chris that Helton was approaching. Before I could move anywhere, Helton stormed into the room.

"Excuse me?" He almost screamed angrily and I quickly turn around to notice everyone left.

Shit.

I quickly wipe away the tears rolling down my cheek and turn around to find a very angry Helton.

"What do you think you're doing here Ms. Stavish?" He asks, angrily as he makes his way to me.

"I- I was looking for you," I reply back and he furrows his eyebrows.

"Looking for me? Why?"

"Well, you have been telling me to work for the yearbook people and I have been. Did you add the extra credit yet?"

He tries to examine me but I keep a straight face and don't let him know that I'm lying.

Maybe because I was always lied to about being wanted, I know how to lie and to make it sound as real as it can possibly get.

"You know that I don't have all day right? I need to know if you're going to add extra credit for them or I will stop volunteering for the yearbook."

He quickly utters, "no."

I raise my eyebrow and he clears his throat in response. "They earned the extra credit."

"Alright, good then. Finally my work finishes," I reply and start heading towards the door.