Bad Habits | E.D

Dad Don't Leave Me

DON'T PLAY THE SONG YET—

My Dad got up from the couch with a shock and I turned off the TV.
I saw he had bloodshot eyes and a bottle of vodka in his hand.
Not Today.

I snatched the bottle out of his hand and threw it against the wall, making it smash into pieces.
"You bitch! Why would you do that!" He screamed at me but I didn't flinch a bit.

"Why would you lie to me about my mom?!" I yelled back and he stopped for a second.
"What?"

"You fucking heard me, why would you say Alice was my mom but my real mom is Vanessa!"
"How the fuck did you find out?!"

I scoffed "Your long lost son is at my school now and he's been searching FOR YOU!"
"Zack?" My Dad smiled.

"Oh so you do remember now?" I acted surprised.

"Where is he? I need to speak to him?" Henry ran his fingers though his hair and was about to walk off but I stopped him.
"Are you not fucking listening to me?! I just found out that my real mom is alive and you're just thinking about yourself-"

"I don't care Yasmine! It wasn't me who even wanted to keep you in the first place, Vanessa was pregnant with both you and Zack when she was only seventeen! Her parents didn't want her raising two twins so right after she had you two, she gave me to raise you and I DIDN'T EVEN WANT YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE, I WANTED MY SON!" He spat at me and I stood back.
What?

"I was gonna put you up for adoption or even better, leave you on the streets but right after when I went to college, I met Alice and she wanted to help me raise you but that didn't really work out." He chuckled the last bit and I felt my heart break.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, my own Dad didn't even wanna keep me. All he cared about was his precious son and so did my mom or else she would've kept me as well.

"So you're saying that even before you started drinking, you never even cared for me then as well?" My voice cracked on that last bit and my Dad shook his head.
"If it wasn't for you I'd still be with Vanessa till this day, she couldn't handle looking after twins so she left you stuck with me." He spat at me.

PLAY THE SONG NOW—

I stood still for a moment and let it all sync in what happened.
Ethan came running through the door and he saw me standing still with tears rolling down my cheeks.

"Yasmine are you okay? What did you do to her?!" Ethan yelled at my Dad.
Henry scoffed "I didn't do fuck all!"

There was another half empty beer bottle on the side of the table and Henry picked it up and chugged down the last bit of it.
"Close the door behind you, I'm leaving." Henry said before picking up the bottle and walking towards the door but I stopped him.

"Da-Dad please don't leave me." I went to grab his hand but he slapped it away.

"Yaz What are you doing, he's not worth it." Ethan tried to stop me but I didn't listen.

"Leave me alone Yasmine, wasn't I clear the first time?!" My Dad turned back to me and glared.
"No please just don't leave me, I'm alone and you're all I have." My voice carried on cracking but I knew I had to tell him this.

"Please I promise to never annoy you ever again-and I'll always listen to what you say but please Dad don't leave me." I burst into tears on that last bit.

I know that my Dad always abused me but truth has it, I was nothing without him. I never knew any other family member but him that could take care of me.