My Girlfriend's Mom

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I pulled up into the yard and sat there. Nothing good came out of being home late.  I knew that too well so I just stayed there high as a kite.

I let my windows down for breathing air and turned the car off, wrapping myself in the blanket I kept in my car for one of these days. I leaned my set back and locked my car doors. Falling asleep faster than I thought possible, but it was short lived when I heard sombody knocking on my window. I sat my seat up and looked out the window at my little sister who looked to have been crying.

I pressed the button to unlock my door and she opened it. Climbing in on top of me and hugging me tight.

"I miss mama. I hate her Yel. She's not nice to me." Isabella said to me. Isabella was 3 going on 16 and I doubted she remembered what mom even looked like. When our mama started getting on powder heavy, Bella stayed with our grandma or an aunt and my dad had left my mom cause of it. I didn't blame him.

My mom started to bring men over the house to feed her habit. That's when our dad took custody of us completely. Nobody knows what made her start using. All we know is she couldn't stop even when she lied and said she would. Some part of me wanted her back too, but I couldn't even remember a time she wasn't nodding off or sniffing up.

"I know Bel. I-I'll-we just have to deal with it." I said to her. Knowing too well that I didn't have to. I could get an apartment just as easily as I got this used car with the small job I had, but I didn't wanna leave Bel here alone to deal with Jon and Jeff. They were 13 year old pest and seeing that we weren't real family, they treated us as such and just like their evil ass mom, they did it when my dad was working or out.

My dad worked 14 hours a day and when he got home, he was too tired to deal with anything unless he had a few days off. Which rarely happened. But when it did, he took us out. Only his girls and would take us to the lake for fishing or to the mall where he spent all his money on me and Bel for new clothes.

The other extra money, he gave to me and I put away in a savings jar which was overflowing with money begging to get spent.

"But Jeff and Jon are mean to me when you're not home. They throw things at me." She said softly into the crock of my neck. That's what angered me the most about not being home on my time. She got home really early before our dad would leave for work at 12. Which gave her time with him and the evil stepmother who acted nice and would flip the switch when he left. Then came her kid's to add on to the bull. Then me.

I hated not being there for her. I honestly did, but Dad made me realize that I didn't wanna be like him all my life. I didn't wanna have to work harder than the next man to get where I was going. With an education, I could go anywhere be anything I wanted and I'd damn sure would be taking my little sister with me no matter what.

"Don't worry right now Bel. Go to sleep in the back." She nodded and got out of my lap going the seat to the back. I watched her grab the covers I had folded neatly under a princess pillow and covered herself up after I tucked the pillow under her head then leaned and kissed her forehead.

"I love you and sweet dreams Bel." I said softly to her as she closed her eyes instantly. I tucked myself in and sighed exhaustedly.

Tomorrow would be better. Nothing bad ever last long. I told myself drifting off to sleep.

   When I woke up, it wasn't cause I wanted to, it was because my dad was banging on the car door and that caused Bella to get scared and wake up crying. Which happened often.

He hated when she fell asleep in the car with me, but he refused to believe that his new girlfriend was the cause of it.

"Yel, how many damn times I have to tell you to keep her out of your mess with Tiffany?" He growled at me. I shook my head trying to wake up. I looked over at my phone on the car charger confused. It was 5. He should be sleep somewhere.