The Last Fall

11

CHERYL's POINT OF VIEW

Here we go again...

Sunday night;

"So...where is he?" Cai asked as she pushed her plate away from her and sighed.

We were all sitting at the dining table once again eating together.

"He should be here. Your Dad had something to do...give him time." I told her.

Cai sighed and shook her head. "I feel like he does this on purpose. He knows that I don't wanna be here longer than I have to."  She told me as she looked in my direction.

"Is that really how you feel?" I asked her.

"Yes. If I didn't feel that way, I would not have said it.....Mom." She responded as she titled her head at me.

"You're gonna stop being disrespectful, you hear me?" I told her as I started to get upset.

"Whatever. Hopefully Dad is on a date with that Carmen woman tonight anyways." Cai stated.

"CAI!" Ciyle yelled at Cai from across the table. "Really? Dad said not to say anything about that to her!" He added.

"Wait....what?" I said as I looked back and forth between them two.

Cai and Ciyle both looked at me and didn't say anything.

"Your Father has been dating somebody else?" I asked them. I felt some jealousy building up in my chest. Just a little....

"Yes...He has, Ma." Ciyle said in a low voice. "For about 4 months now." He added.

I nodded my head and looked down at my plate as I then pushed it away from me.

"See what you did? You meant to hurt her. I hate you." Ciyle told Cai.

"Shut up! She was gonna find out anyways. She didn't care about his or our feelings so...why should we care about hers?" Cai said to Ciyle.

"She does care. You just need to worry about yourself and how messed up you are. All you do is cut yourself and act like a bit-...."

"Say it! I dare you to call me a bitch!" Cai said as she rushed to stand up.

Ciyle stood up as well.

"Want me to spell it out for you? I'm not afraid of you!" Ciyle yelled.

"Both of you! Sit down! Are you out of your mind, Ciyle? Calling your sister that...really?" I asked him as I too stood up.

Ciyle flares at Cai and sighed.

"It's not his first time." Cai said as she looked at me.

"Ciyle, that's very disrespectful and if I EVER hear you call her that or even attempt to call her one...you're gonna regret it. You can kiss that video game goodbye since you wanna act like this." I told him.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I was standing up for you, Ma! She's the one who always says things and gets away with it!" Ciyle said as he pointed at Cai.

"Go to your room, please." I said as I sighed and looked at him.

"Wow...." He said as he then left out of the room.

After Ciyle left, It was then silent between Cai and I.

"Maybe you should clean up the kitchen and then get your things ready. Your Dad should be here any second." I told her.

"And maybe you should learn how to stop getting on your knees for your best friend at his command to suck his dick...ever thought about that? Clean your own damn kitchen." She told me as she huffed and rolled her eyes at me.

Before I could even stop myself, automatically.....I slapped her.

Her face went to the side and she slowly reached up to hold her cheek.

My mouth dropped and I looked down at my hand.

What did I just do?...

"Cai..." I said as I then covered my mouth with one of my hands.

She slowly looked at me and started to cry.

"I'm so sorry." I said as I tried to reach for her and hug her. She stepped backwards and shook her head at me.

"Leave me alone. I hate you so much." She told me as her voice started to crack.

"Cai!" I slightly yelled as I watched her run upstairs.

Next, I sat back down in my seat and placed my hands on my face. I started to cry and the guilt started to creep over me.

Why would I do that?

What she said got to me so badly that I couldn't control my next move.

I'm starting to feel like I'm a bad Mother who can never do anything right.

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Alicia_cobb12_ Cai is wildin' fr now🤣🤣🤣 She holds her tongue for none now