Forbidden Love

ℭhapter 2: I Am Done

WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS VIOLENCE, SWEARING, ABUSE, AND POSSIBLE TRIGGERS. READ AT OWN RISK. IF YOU ARE UNDERAGE READ WITH PARENTAL SUPERVISION.

"Sometimes you just have to be done. Not mad. Not upset. Just done."
-unknown

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During the drive home I was scrolling aimlessly through my cell phone. I was reading a brand new e-book, my mind was not focused on what I'm reading. Mentally replaying the event that just occurred. This day took a weird turn.

Before I could swipe to a new page my mother's caller ID came up. I quickly answered the call.

"Hi, mom."

"Hi honey, so listen dad's coming home earlier today, just thought I'd warn you."

I frowned when my mom called Hal our 'dad'.

I let out a loud sigh. "Hal." I corrected her, a little harsher than I anticipated.

That man was in no way shape or form our 'dad'. He was the furthest thing from a father figure. Funny, Hal came from Hell.

"Aleah." My mother warned. "I don't have time for this again. Just be quiet and there will be no problems. Do you understand? The reason why I called you was to tell you that his shift ends early today so he'll be home at around five."

Great. I do wish my mother could see what an ass she married. Hal has this effect on her, that changes her into a completely different person. And I hated it. The same way I loathe him for treating my mother like she's a damn dog.

My mother deserves the world after everything she's been through, and here she is, stuck with a person who thinks the world revolves around him.

I'm angry with my mother, she allows him to treat her so poorly. After a huge fight, she keeps crawling back to him, begging him to forgive her, telling him how much she loves him, every single time.

Witnessing this breaks my heart into a million pieces. It confuses me, why would you hurt the person you claim to love most in the world? Why would you go back to someone you know isn't good for you? Would you lose yourself, if it meant saving the other person, amid uncertainty, not knowing if their willing to do the same for you? But you love him so it's all good right? No. I don't believe that.

However, I do believe that all men are like this. In one way or another, they treat their women with disrespect, break their heart, let them down. Are women just supposed to be walked all over and serve the men? No questions asked? Is that what marriage and relationships are like? In public or on social media, they look like the happiest most perfect couple, while in reality, they've lost their love for each other a long time ago? I've seen it happen too many times, even in my own life.

In stepdad's world, women don't have a say in anything. He wants us to say yes and amen to his every single command. He's a too faced, hypocrite. He treats us with so much disrespect like we have no worth or value and yet he whistles gospel songs on a Sunday morning, smiling at brethren and lifting his "holy" hands in Church. How does that work? How can no one but me see past his facade? He makes me sick to my stomach. I so badly wish they could get a divorce, but obviously, that's not how real life works. It's never that easy.