My Story

Chapter Fifteen

I heard my father open the door and the faint sound of the lady's voice.
"Mirana. Come down here." My dad yelled.

I walked downstairs to see my dad the lady and kid sitting on the couch.
"Hi I'm Samantha." She held out her hand for me to shake. "It's nice to meet you. Your father has told me so much about you."
"Really? He hasn't mentioned you to me yet until today." I said looking at him.
"Oh, he might have needed a moment for it." She said shrugging.
I shrugged too.
"This is my son."
"Nice to meet you." My dad said.
"Nice......"
Oh my god. Wow if this was a fucking movie bro.
"Dad I'm going to the bathroom. It's nice to meet you." I said and ran up the stairs too my room.
I called Anuel as fast as I could.

"Hello?" He said.

"Bro your mom is my dads so called date tonight?!" I said freaking out.

"Whaaaat!!?" He said just as confused.

"Yeah Ezra is here."

"No way I thought they were going out to.. oh wow they are! Yo my mom is cheating or my mom and dad are divorcing." He said.

"I don't want to go down there and talk to him cause then my dad will know I know him." I said freaking out even more.

"Just calm down and act like you don't know him and don't talk to him. But ask my mom a lot of questions. I must know shit." He said.

"I'll try. I'll see what I can find out for you then. I gotta go I'll call you tonight. Bye."

I said and hung up.
I went down stairs my dad and Samantha were in the kitchen.
"What the fuck are you doing here." I whispered to Ezra. As I sat down next to him on the couch.

"My mom said she needed someone to come with her. She asked me so I said yes." He said looking confused.

"What exactly did she say?" My eyes squinted a bit and I scooted closer to the edge of my seat.

"I'm going out on a date with someone and meeting his daughter, she said she could use help to keep you distracted and like she said "her distracted" and not as awkward. But if I knew it was you I would've told Manuel to go. So I guess now you're stuck with me."

"So what about your parents?" I asked kind of worried.

"My dads been seeing people long before we moved here its just they haven't fully divorced yet. My mom wants to but you know my dad is putting it off a little."

"Okay guys the plates are done we can eat now." My dad said.

As we got seated. I looked down at my plate. I wanted to eat but if my dad is going to date my friends mother that's great and all for him, but how would that make me feel toward them. You know I'd have to tell Anuel about this, like all the things they did here. He can't go there she's still married.

"Mirana are you okay?" My dad asked.
"Dad I think I'll be fine I'm just thinking about some things." I say.
"Um, I'm sorry but if there's any questions you have for me I'll be more than happy to share with you." Samantha said.
"Okay well I have one" I said putting up a finger. "how exactly did you meet my dad?" I leaded back in my chair to hear this story.
"Well the place people mostly socialize at kind of."

I furrowed my brows together "What place?"
"The grocery store. You see I thought he was a handsome man the way he just looked like I could do wonderful things with him you know?"

Oh believe me woman I know. Those wonderful things you are thinking about won't be wonderful within time. Once he was cruel to my mother. He'll do that to you. He took my mother away he'll take you away from your boys.

"Oh how lovely." I said with a little smile. I looked over at Ezra and the look on his face was something. A confused yet why the fuck kind of look he was giving off. I wanted to ask him if he was alright, but then i don't want my dad to know i know this kid. I don't want my dad to think i was a whore like he always thought was part of my mothers life when he wasn't around.

"So Ezra how do you know my daughter. I saw you two talking other there like you guys knew each other." my dad was giving him a death stare that only i could see because he's given me those eyes before.

"School. I have her in my writing class and my brother has her in his health class." he said.
"brother? you have another son?" He asked.
"Yes but i don't want him to know about this yet." Samantha said a little hint of nervousness was in her voice. "You know that I'm not fully divorced with my husband yet and i'd rather him know about this later when the papers been completed." she grabbed my dads hand and smiled.
"I know I just wish i knew you had two."

"Why don't you tell him?" I asked.
"Why would I?"

"Well he's your son don't you think that maybe he'd wanna know this, or did you think that maybe if he finds out another way it would hurt him that you actually lied to him for a year." i said not feeling bad at all about this.
"i mean it did cross my mind, but i trust Ezra and my husband to not let him know." she said.

i looked at Ezra and his eyes widened.
"Um, mom he knows." he said not losing eye contact with me.
"Ezra you told him?"
"No, i did cause once i saw Ezra here i thought Anuel knew you guys were coming over." i said then looked at Samantha.
"Why would you do that?" She asked angry.
"I thought he knew, but now he knows you guys aren't really a thing. you and your husband. You could tell him now instead of lie to him." i said.

Her eyes started to fill with tears and I didn't know why. I could hear her breathing and it sounded harsh. Like those movies where they breathe hard and heavy when they are mad. She closed her eyes and exhaled. Ezra got up fast.

"Mom I fucking swear don't do it." he said and walked closer to me.
"Why would you tell my son that?"
"i thought he knew." Ezra grabbed my arm and pulled me behind him.
"Right you thought he knew." she said with a little laugh. "Come on Ezra we're going. Call me over when she's not here or we could eat out somewhere i don't mind but without her there." she said and started walking to the door.

i started panicking and i could feel the tears steam down my face. I did something bad and now I'm going to be punished once they leave.

"Mirana what's wrong?"

i heard Ezra's voice and i could see his face. I'm on the floor and I could feel Ezra's arm around me. I could barely see his face through the haze of my tears.

"Has this happened before?" i heard him yell at my dad.
"No I've never seen this happen to her." he lied.

He knows exactly what this means.

"Go get a pillow or something." he tells my dad.

my dad leaves and its just me and Ezra in the room.

"Ezra..." i said in a light whisper.

"Hey, what's wrong."

"Ezra you can't leave. If you do my dad will hurt me." I said. more tears fell to the side of my face.

"What do you mean?"

"He'll abuse me. That's how my mother died."

My dad came back down stairs and Ezra leaned down to my ear and told me to calm down and then I'll see why. He told me to shut my eyes.

"Um is it okay if I take her to her room?" Ezra asked.

"Uh sure. Just don't do anything to her."

I felt Ezra lift me up and start walking towards the stairs. When we got to my room he placed me down on my bed and said

"when I leave your room you have to get up and lock the door. I'll be back in an hour okay. I'll climb to your window." he said then left closing my door.

i got up and I locked the door so my dad couldn't come in and hurt me tonight.