His Other Best friend

Middle Child

Morgan...

I woke up in the hospital alone. It was expected though. The only person I had down for my emergency contact was occupied by his master. I had forgotten to change it from my dad's name, but like I said. It slipped my mind in all of the clusterfuck I call a life.

I did not want to look down and break my own heart even further, so I just turned onto my side with my back facing the door.

Knock, knock!

I did not acknowledge the knock at the door. I remained still hoping that whoever it was would think I was still asleep and leave me be. However, much like my life. That did not go as planned.

"I know that you are awake, Morgan", the voice of my father called softly.

I did not respond nor did I move.

"Morgan?", he called sternly, his voice much closer now.

Still I said nothing.

He sighed, and just when I thought he had finally gotten the message he said, "Why are you acting like a spoiled child that didn't get their way?".

"Why are you acting like you care? Shouldn't you be with your precious family?", I retorted indifferently.

"Where is this coming from? You are my family, my child", he said defensively.

I chuckled humorlessly placing a hand on my stomach, letting out a sigh of relief feeling my son still safely inside of my stomach. I smiled softly feeling him shift under my palm as I began to caress my bump.

"What are you having?", he asked causing me to frown.

"A child", I snipped.

He sighed, "Why are you acting like this? You were not raised this way", he retorted.

"How would you know?", I asked snidely.

"Excuse me?", he said.

"How would know how I was raised? You never really spent time with me as I got older. Not once y'all did you give me any kind of attention except for when I made a mistake and that was only to scold me. Meanwhile, your other two children aren't really shit to brag about", I said harshly.

"You better watch your mouth, little girl?", he said chastised.

I turned onto my back grabbing the remote raising the back of the bed until I was in a sitting position. I needed to get this off my chest. I was done with this bullshit ass family and I was going to let that be known starting today.

"I'm a grown ass woman and I don't have to watch anything. I haven't been a little girl since I was a child and y'all left me to fend for my damn self. All y'all ever did was put me down and place me in Ariel and Junior's shadow. Nothing I ever did was good enough for y'all. I was just the other child, because y'all already had your favorites. I don't mean shit to you or you bitchass family so, why you here Terrence?", I spat.

"What happened to my sweet little girl? What happened to my baby girl?", he asked appalled.

I rolled my eyes sucking my teeth.

"Why are you asking me? Isn't that Ariel? I'm just the leftover sperm", I leered.

"Don't say that!", he snapped.

I chuckled humorlessly caressing my bump.

"Don't say what? The truth? You're just their little lapdog. When they need money they run to daddy. When they get in trouble they turn to you and mommy dearest. When they need someone to be there for them because of their own stupidity they always have you two. Who did I have to turn to? Nobody", I said simply.