I pulled a bowl of grapes out the fridge and slammed the door shut. As I sat myself down on a bar stool in the kitchen I felt my phone vibrate.
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I rolled my eyes and opened the notification.
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qxeen.val: My lil baby... issa official thing now @ lil.xann 👅💍
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Weird... Valarie always had a new man, but this was strange. Valarie NEVER cuffed a guy. She would fool around with a lot of them, but never actually make it official. Something was off...
"SHANNON!"
I just about threw my bowl of graped across the kitchen as the front door slammed shut.
"Hi mom" I rolled my eyes, turning back to my phone.
"How was your day" She asked as she started unloading groceries into the fridge.
"Since when do you care?"
She ignored my comment and continued with her chores.
"So, John is coming over tonight for dinner," she turned to me. Her eyes looked me up and down, "take a shower. And at least try to look decent."
I scoffed at her remark and slammed my phone on the counter. She watched the anger slowly build up in me and then casually switched over to wiping down the counter.
"Ill be in my room all night, you wont have to worry about that." I shoved another gape in my mouth as I took a deep breath.
John was my mothers boyfriend. Or as she calls him 'her soon to be fiance'. My mom cared about him and his "amazing" daughter then she did me, or literally anything else. They were at my house more then they were at their own house. My mom even made me throw out half of the stuff in my room so she could put another bed in there for John's daughter.
"No, you wont."
"Well Im not planning on sitting at the dinner table for an hour, listening to you and John flirt, and then clean all the dishes while you guys go upstairs and fuck all night. Again."
"Shannon! Don't you dare even start with me." She slammed her hand on the table.
I shoved another grape in my mouth and mocked her under my breath.
"Why? Are things going gonna change? Oh! I know, maybe this time you, John, and his 'little princess' can all have a threesome! I mean, to save you guys the trouble, why don't you do it on the dinning room table this time?"
"SHANNON! DON'T YOU DARE FUCKING SAY THAT TO ME." Her hand came into contact with my face as she harshly slapped me across the cheek. "You know, If it makes you feel any better, I would much rather you be gone too. But it seems we don't all get what we want. So you better fucking suck it up and make them happy."
Instantly there were tears rolling down my face. I put my hand up to my cheek where her hand came in contact with it and I pressed lightly on it. Pain slithered across my face, letting more tears fall.
She looked me in the eyes, and without any emotion, went back to wiping the counters.
"Go take a shower. And put some makeup on that, I don't want people knowing that I raised a failure."
I snatched my phone from the counter and sprinted up the stairs, into the bathroom. I looked into the mirror and stared at my reflection. My eyes stayed locked on the deep red hand mark that lay on the left side on my face. I sat there and tried to remember where everything had gone wrong.
I thought about the first time my mom hit me, and the first time I walked in on her drinking. The first time she told me she didn't love me, and the first time she told me about her 'better family'.
I turned on the shower and started getting undressed. As I stepped into the shower I let the hot water warm my body and run down my back. Tears streamed down my face and mixed in with the water that did the same.
