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🥀 C H A P T E R 17 🥀

Yeah. She's smiling. But don't let that fool you. Look into her eyes. She's breaking inside.

Nova Williams P O V
"You know. You're gonna my eighteen in....two months?"

"A week and five days." I mumble flipping my grilled cheese.

"Mhm. So you are going to college right? I mean you can't stay here forever? Do you even have enough money for college? A car? Supplies?" My aunt interrogates, sitting at the dining room table.

I sign grabbing a plate out the cabinet and setting my grilled cheese on it.

"I have money for everything I need. From school, to a car, a dorm or apartment money, supplies- everything, thanks to my parents. Why do you care anyways?" I question.

She's never cared about my presence, better yet my planning of the future. I don't know why she wants to know....maybe she's just eager for me to leave.

Fuck the maybe, she was definitely ready for me to leave.

"Have you even applied on any schools?" She ask.

"I plan on doing everything during Thanksgiving break. Getting a car, applications- everything." I explain wanting to end the conversation. "Why do you care anyways?" I ask for the second mufuckin time, grabbing a Gatorade and preparing to walk up the stairs.

"Oh, I don't." She laughs. "Just wanted to know when you were leaving. You're legal when you're eighteen....able to be placed without a guardian. Which means no more staying here." She says making me shake my head.

"So were y'all gonna kick me out or something?" I ask arching an eyebrow.

"Basically. The law said you only had to stay here till legal- the time is coming." She shrugs sipping her glass of whine.

"Bitch." I mumble walking up the steps and into my room.

Trust me, I was more ready for myself to leave than any other person in this house. I would never have to come back; I could go to New York and see my ma's side of the family any time I pleased.

Sounds wonderful.

I plopped down on my bed and directed at my attention back to the episode of Stranger Things that was playing. This show was honestly addictive as fuck; I honestly didn't think I'd like it until I kept watching.

I was on the last episode of season one, which is where they find Will. But unfortunately Eleven was no longer adventuring with them.

A/N: Sorry for those of you who are watching it and haven't go to this episode yet 😭😬.

It was about twenty minutes before the show went off, leaving me sandwichless and showless. I looked over at my alarm clock noticing it was starting to get pretty late.

Time to take my ass to bed.

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"I don't mean to sound hysterical, But baby if you left, baby if you left. It'd be a historical disaster. The kids will sing about it, swear the kids will sing about it." I sing putting a tad of highlight on my cheekbones. I then add some to my nose along with philtrum, then closing my Trophy Wife highlighter and throw it in my makeup bag/ben.