Skai's New Life (COMPLETED)

Chapter 16

Chapter 16:

Memory:

            Shanette and I always play little games on the weekends, if we don’t have practice or something. She’s so much fun. She’s the only one that REALLY interests me. Shanita on the other hand has a serious attitude problem for an 8 year old.  “Hey you want some Kool-Aid?” I ask her. “You know it!” she says. I walk into the kitchen and see my mom sitting at the table crying softly. When she notices me, she wipes her face and starts to leave. I run to the side of the table she’s on. “Mom what’s wrong?” I ask, holding her. “It’s nothing.” She lies. “Mom, you’re crying. Something’s wrong.” I say. I sit her back down into the chair and look at her. She was sniffing and wiping away her tears. I stared at her for a moment. “Your…father…and…I…we’re getting a divorce.” She says in between sniffs. “What?!” I yell. This is not happening. She’s lying! “Mom you’re not serious right?” I ask with tears falling down my own face now. “I’m so sorry.” She cries more. “I pushed him away. I just wanted the best for us all.” “What do you mean you pushed him away?” I ask confused and wiping my tears. “Honey, there are a lot of people trying to hurt your father still. You know that.” “Yea, so?” She paused for a while. “Well I kept asking questions about it and if we’re safe here. He gets so mad at me when I ask but I always still ask.” I can’t believe what I’m hearing. “He couldn’t take it anymore. He hated me questioning his ability to protect his family. He asked for a divorce this afternoon when I asked why there were 3 men in black standing outside his job today. He said if I didn’t want to be with anymore, then just say so. I didn’t answer but he knew I didn’t want to be with him.” She cried into her hands. She did this. She’s breaking up our family because she’s scared of the real world. “You are so selfish! He’s our father! He can protect us!” I got up from the table and left the kitchen. I run past Shanette and up the stairs. I slam my door and crawl into my bed. I hid under the covers crying loudly and hysterically. I’m a daddy’s girl and I can’t live without him. Now I may never get to see him. I cry for about 2 more hours and then fall asleep.

            I wake up the next morning in my dad’s arms. I look up at him and see that he’s crying. “Dad?” I say. I wipe the sleep out of my eyes and sit up. “Skai, I want you to know that I love you all dearly. I might not see you guys again but I do love you.” He says. “What do you mean? Can’t you visit us?” I ask. Tears fall down his eyes. “No but you can visit me.” he gets up from my bed and start to head out. “Wait dad. Where are you going?” I cry following him out of my room. “Skai, stay here. Do not follow me, please.” He says. I watch him walk down the stairs. I hear what seem to be policemen talking. I hear the word arrest and I run down stairs. I  see the policeman putting my dad into handcuffs. “No, don’t take my dad!!” I yell and run to him. “Ma’am get your child!” the officer yells. “Baby stop. Your dad has to go.” She says and grabs me. “What are you doing to him?” I yell at her. Why is he being arrested? The police read my dad his rights as they took him out of the front door. “Daddy! NO!” I cried. No one seemed to care. How can they just take a father away from their children like this? “NO! Give me my dad back, please!” I cry even though I know they can’t hear me. “Please!” my mom holds me back for a while but not too long. I find the strength to get free and run out the door. I run to the police car but as soon as I get there, they pull off. My dad mouths “I love you” and he was gone within seconds. Just as I thought things couldn’t get any worse than my mom announcing the divorce, my dad is arrested.  I am now helpless. I drop to the floor not caring about scraping my knees against the hard concrete. My mom comes up behind me and picks me up. She carries me into the house and lay me on the couch. The twins were crying and so was Sean. Even he knew that something bad happened even though he’s only 2.

            I get off the couch and run into my room. I slam the door and lock it. I become mad and cry hysterically. Something’s come over me. I start throwing everything across my room. I throw my school books, shoes, clothes, even my precious phone. I threw it all. My mom is knocking at the door but I don’t care. “Skai, what’s going on in there?” she asks banging on the door. I throw some more stuff and jump around my whole room in anger. I flip my mattress off my bed. Pillows went flying everywhere. I start screaming and screaming. My mom finally gets the door open with I don’t know what. She runs after me but I run away into the corner by my tipped over night stand. “Skai, baby what has gotten into you?” she cries holding me. I struggle to get away from her. I stand up and stare at her. I have no idea why, but I just have the urge to punch the wall so I do it. The hole is pretty big for me being just 14. My mom is holding her mouth in shock and tears fall down her face. I’m not sure if it’s because her wall is messed up or because she doesn’t know who her child is anymore. Sebastian comes into my room and grabs me. He pulls me out the room and down the stairs. “What the hell is wrong with you? Everybody else is mad too but we didn’t go destroying the house, stupid!” he yells. I let loose of him and run out the front door. “Skai, get back here!” he calls after me. I run as fast as I can in no direction in particular. I just keep running until my neighborhood is nowhere to be found. I stop by a gas station for water. I don’t have any money so I’m hoping to sneak one into the bathroom to drink.

Sebastian’s POV

            I don’t know what has gotten into Skai but it can’t happen again. She not gone put our whole family in danger like that again. Maybe she has anger issues that we didn’t know about. But now I’m pretty sure my mama’s gonna make me go look for her. Ugh.

Skai’s POV

            I walk into the store and look for cameras. I only see 2 but they aren’t near the bathroom which happens to be by the drinks. A woman walks past me and stares at me. “Hey!” I yell. She scurries off into the next isle. I grab the water and rush into the bathroom.  I gulp down the water like I’ve been on a dessert. I drop the bottle into the trash and creep open the door. I creep out the bathroom and make my way back outside. “Hey you! I see you steal drink!” the Asian man yelled after me. “You pay now!” I make a run for the door but I’m easily stopped by a force of tiredness. I drop to the floor and pass out.

            I wake up in a hospital bed with my right hand cuffed to it. “What the hell?” I yell. Why am in here? “Hello?? What’s going on?” I yell for someone to answer. A nurse in a white uniform came into my room. “Calm down, Skai. It’s ok.” She says sweetly. “Ok? I’m handcuffed to a hospital bed! Why?” I yell at her. “You don’t remember what you did?” she asked. “I wouldn’t be asking if I knew.” I say with an attitude. I realize how rude I am and apologize. “You lost control of your actions after your father was arrested. You ran away from your home and stole water from a gas station. The owner didn’t press charges because he knew you were just young and tired.” She spoke the words and they were foreign to me. Why don’t I remember any of it? “Seriously? I did all of that?” I ask. I can’t believe I would do any of that. It’s not like me. “Yes you have a serious condition that was triggered by your father’s arrest. You lose control of your actions so the police is placing you in anger management classes.” “What?!” I yell. “No way! It was just one little mistake.” I plead. I feel like I’m going to jail. “It’s either that or juvenile, sweetie.” She says looking apologetic. “So why am I handcuffed?” I ask looking at the silver bracelets I’m not used to wearing. “Just in case you woke up still cranky. That way you would stay put and not run away again.” She smiles sheepishly. “I don’t believe this.” I say in disbelief.