Life's What You Make It

Chapter 37

Jasmine's POV

"Jasmine!!" I heard Bey shout my name. "Bring your ass down these stairs right now!"

Shit.

Let me run through what's happened since Christmas. New Year was cool, much to Beyoncé's dismay, Solange let me have a couple of drinks, diluted with lemonade of course, because we celebrated in her house. Blue started crying because she wanted one, so dad made her a juice that was the same colour as the wine and she started acting drunk off it, which was really funny. She was talking about how she'd seen Beyoncé like that.

And then it was Blue's birthday, she turned 5 and practically demanded a princess party, just so she could dress up. All her little friends came, and she was waited on hand and foot, but of course she wouldn't have it any other way. But it was the day after when it all went a bit downhill. School started which wasn't fun, but I got to see my friends and they were all happy and squealing at the news from Christmas Day again. But then after school, on the 8th January...

Blue got home after spending the afternoon in dads work, and straight away, without even a hello to Beyoncé, dragged me upstairs and into her bedroom.

Flashback
"What is it Blue? My programs on." I said.

"You can't tell anyone please." She said, sadly, sitting opposite me on her bed.

"Tell anyone what?"

"That girl daddy works with, the one with the good hair. I can't remember her name." She said.

"Becky?" I asked.

"Yeah. She kissed him. On his lips."

"Are you sure?" I asked, knowing that she can sometimes make things up when life is boring.

"Yes, I saw it with my own two eyes, and Pooh saw." She said referring to the bear she had in her hand. "See!" She said, pulling out her little iPad and showing me the sneaky video she caught, my mind was blown. "Becky said I can't tell mommy!"

"She knows you know?"

"Yeah, I told her she shouldn't be doing that, and grandma said only mommy is allowed to kiss daddy."

"What did she say?" I asked. Surely Beyoncé needs to know this.

"She said mommy will leave daddy again, but forever this time." She began.

"This time?" I questioned and she nodded.

"Grandma said Auntie Solange once beat daddy up in an elevator because of what he did. I don't want daddy to die this time." She said. Damn, that's what happens when a million dollars are on an elevator.

"Carry on, what else did she say." I said, shaking my head, chuckling slightly at the thought of Solange beating my dad up.

"She said she'll leave daddy, and then we won't be sisters anymore because mommy won't adopt you. She said she'll want nothing to do with you because you have his blood." She said, her lip quivering.

"Oh." I mean it did make sense. If Bey and dad weren't together anymore, Bey wouldn't want anything to do with me. But is it selfish not telling her just so I got adopted?

"She said to pretend I didn't see it."

"What did dad do when she kissed him? Did he push her off?"

"No. He kissed back, he squeezed her butt." She gasped, and I gasped. "Mommy will be sad if we tell her. I don't like when she's sad."

"But Blue-" I said trying to reason with her.