The Leader

47- Half a heart without you

Yesterday Harry had dropped me off at my house and we were to go out spend the night back here then depart again today. My door was fixed and there was no evidence of it ever being broken.

It was morning and I was getting the rest of my things packed when I heard my front door open. I kinda got scared till I heard my moms footsteps up the stairs. She barged into my bedroom abruptly and started yelling at me.

"What have you done?!" She screamed at me and grabbed at my wrist. I was scared. She's yelled at me before but this was absolute rage in her voice.

"What?" I asked back trying to get out of her hold. Her acrylics were digging into my skin.

"A friend of mine at TMZ told me they are publishing a story about you and that Harry Styles!" She said.

"What? Why?"

"He said, y'all have been dating! Is there any truth to it?" She asked me. I paused and her grip got tighter.

"ANSWER ME! Hunter Kohls are you seeing that man?!" She asked me. Her eyes were fire. I didn't want to look at them. How could this be happening? Everything was going so well.

"Yes." I finally said. I saw my moms eyes explode and she looked shocked, angry, and in disbelief. Then all of a sudden I was on the floor with my left hand covering my left cheek. Did she slap me?

Then I felt the cold sting from my mothers hand. I looked back at her and gasped. I felt tears pouring over. Not from pain. My left side just felt numb, but from the complete shock that my mother struck me just like she had done to Erica.

My mom still looked crazy. Her teeth were gritted and her plump lips were stretched thin on her mouth.

"You have officially, ruined you're reputation. What do you expect will come from this relationship that you two are having? Do you expect him to marry you? Do you expect him to take care of you? Because he won't! Men like that don't keep pretty young girls like you. Look what happened to Erica! Our lawyers are building a case against him and here you are gallivanting around with the man who killed your sister!" She said.

"What? Harry didn't do it! He's been looking for the killers!" I said.

"Louis killed her. That's what gangs do to people who are bringing too much attention! Are you really that stupid and naive to think the same won't happen to you! You've put yourself in this position. I told you not to hang around him and in this email apparently they have photos from all the places you guys have been together!" She said holding her phone with the email pulled up.

"They didn't! You don't know what you're talking about!" I said.

"Hunter, I've had it. I've been extremely lenient with you over the years. I thought maybe if I raised you different, you wouldn't be as arrogant or as self centered as Erica or Seth. Maybe I'm just cursed with horrible, privileged, unambitious, lazy kids who only want to hurt me!"

"This has nothing to do with you! This is my life. I'm 18, I'm not yours to control anymore."

"You are part of this family since I can't just disown you. Everything you and Seth do reflect on it. Whenever any of you do something out of line, we lose sponsors, which means we lose money, which means, you and Seth don't get money transferred to your accounts. Which in turn means that if that money runs out, you both will have to grow up and do something with your lives! You both do nothing! You both sit around and do not a damn thing! Your father and I actually work. We both worked hard so that our children would never have to want. Obviously, in trying to provide for you, we have made the mistake of spoiling you all for too long!"