Remedy

Chapter Thirteen

Ivy Reynolds POV

I was just watching "To the Bone" on Netflix at my apartment. The only thing I was planning on doing is going to a restraunt with Jay.

All of a sudden, I heard a loud banging on the door. I jumped up out of bed. I grabbed my gun and cocked it.

I walked to the door and looked through the peep hole. I gasped at what I saw.

I set the gun down by the table. I swung the door open, and saw my mom naked with bruises all over her body

"Ivy" Jasmine said standing up twitching and darting her eyes back and forth, "please can I borrow 2,000 dollars. The people are gonna kill me please" she said bawling.

"Get in here" I said looking out of the door. She stumbled in.

I couldn't leave her out there. No matter what she did in the past, I could never leave her no matter how hard I tried. She is gonna be my downfall and I'm sure of it.

I sat her down on the couch while I stood up.

"Now tell me what happened and I may...... that's a big may, help you" I said shaking my head

"Your dad" she started.

"He's not my dad, but continue"

"Damarcus wwwas saying we were about to do herion. And I-I-I told him no. So he threatened to inject it into me, but I still told him no. He got mad at me and we started yelling. I got all the crack and other drugs out of the house and threw them in the street. It was worth 2000 and I didn't know Ivy. I promise. He and his friend raped me and threw me out into the rain naked. I'm sorry. I don't wanna die now. Please I'm begging you" she said getting on her knees pleading.

"Jasmine. You are the most pathetic, feeble minded person I have ever met. You chose a man over your own kid. You let him beat me down, tear me apart, and sexually assault me. You mentally abused me too. You made me feel like I was trash and I didn't deserve to live. People say mental is better than physical, but mental sticks with you. It indents itself into your brain and make your head feel like it's about to implode. It tears you up from the inside out. It makes you a prisoner in your own mind. It made me hate myself. Inside and out.You know how I felt every single day I had to be around you or him. I tried killing myself more times than my fingers can count." I paused to regain my composure.

"I used to cut so deep into my wrists that it felt so good to be in pain. I took dozens of pills hoping.. just hoping that God would call me home. I used to point loaded and cocked guns to my head shaking. I used to go to high buildings and stand on the edge letting my body flow in the breeze hoping that a gust of wind would pick up my body like a leaf and blow me over the edge to my de- " my voice cracked as I broke down.

"......."

"to my death. You know the only thing that stopped me from pulling the trigger was Tyrell. When he died the only thing that stopped me was malnourishment. I was so weak that I didn't have and ounce of strength in me to pull the trigger. I used to love to sleep because it blocked out the pain that hunger caused. It made my stomach feel like someone was stabbing it with an old rusty knife. I loved going to school because they gave me food, and I could have a place where people actually liked having me around. I hated myself for so long. I wanted so badly to be dead. I just remember it being so dark, cold, lonely, and miserable. You know why I felt this way. It was the devil living on 679 Pine Ave. And you. His stupid, selfish, bitch"

"Ivy. Don't you call your mother that" she said

"What mother. I don't have one. Just an egg donor. If you wanna act all high and mighty then you can walk your sorry, pathetic ass out of this door. I really have zero sympathy for you. I just wanna let you know that you are a sorry excuse for a mom, a person, and your just a waste of a human being"

"Please. I'm so sorry. I know I was" she started again

"Not was. Am"

"I'm sorry I know I am a sorry mother"

"Not sorry, horrible"

"I know I am a horrible mother. I apologise from the bottom of my hea-"

"I didn't know you had a heart. And even if you did have one it wouldn't belong to me. It would belong to Damarcus. Remember when you came in my room drunk and high you said "you are a dumb whore and I regret ever having you" how do you think that made a 13 year old suicidal girl feel. Huh"

"That was a mistake"

"Everything is a mistake with you. Apparently I was too. It seems like Jasmine and mistake go together like peanut butter and jelly. When are you gonna stop giving me bullshit and start getting some help for yourself. I don't want your half assed apologies or you bullshit ass excuses. When are you gonna stop being the pathetic ass naked woman begging on her knees to her teenage daughter for money and a place to stay and turn into a woman that I would be proud to call my mom"

"Ivy listen.."

"No you listen. I don't want any of your excuses. If all you're gonna give me is excuses then you can walk your happy ass out of here. If you wanna stay here then you're gonna get clean and your gonna break up with Damarcus. Yes or no"

She slightly nodded her head, "Ivy even though you think of me as an egg donor I still love you I always have and despite everything I've done you've blossomed into a beautiful young woman"

"You think I don't love you"

She nodded her head, "yes"

"The only reason you're in here is because I love you wayy too much. If I didn't love you then you would still be outside, naked on my doorstep"

Told ya

What do you think about Ivy's words to her mom?

How would you react?

Would you have taken her in?

- Bye b*tches😍