love on the brain

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"But like I said.... it's complicated." Jason tells me.

But in reality it wasn't. Alison's family was more dysfunctional then mine. Her father was a low-life man who couldn't keep his dick in his pants causing Jessica to take Alison and leave.

Jessica's life went down as she started on drugs, somehow Alison's dad went to prison, and when Jessica died, there was probably no one to take care of Alison expect at the time was Mary.

Jason told me the only who could take care of her was Mary. But since she was adopted why would she still be in here life.

"Alison doesn't really like bringing up her dad" he explains. I wouldn't either, after everything Alison's been through, I too would be shut off from the world.

"When's the last time she saw him?" I ask looking at him. He sighs before turning to me, "when she was starting high school, her dad was released from prison. He went to see her and..." he trails off.

And? What did he do?

"And what?"

"He wanted to be apart of her life. He went on about how he wanted to make up for being a shit father, he went as far as trying to take her away from my parents but the court wouldn't allow him too since he was once a felon" he explains.

I nod, make sense. "And what about Mary?" I asked him.

"Before Alison got adopted there was a custody battle between my parents and Mary. When my parents won, they never wanted to take Alison away from Mary, they thought she should have at least a blood-related family member around. But if you ask me, Mary is around because she just wants money" he says and immediately agree with that.

It didn't make sense to me that Mary didn't like me because she thought I was after Alison's money and even if I was it's none of her damn business.

"Sometimes I question whether I could take it or not... like if I were alison... I don't think I could..." he trails off, I look at him in confusion as he continues.

"Alison never had it easy, not while going up and not now either. I mean even when she tried to be happy, some fucked up shit would alway happen and ruin everything. She would always be so angry at the world and she had every right to be. She's strong. So I want to thank you" he tells me softly.

"Thank me?"

"For years my sister has been shut off from the world. Growing up, she was never close to any one of us, not Charlotte or me. I mean... do you know that tonight was the first night in four years that we had a family dinner?" He asks me seriously.

My eyebrows arch, four years? Jesus.

"You may not realize it now but you changed Alison. She's strong but she didn't know how strong until she met you. So I want to thank you, my sister hates the world a little bit less because of you" he confesses.

Before I could say anything Veronica approaches us, "honey... do you mind going to get Alison for us. Where going to watch a movie, I would enjoy it if she could enjoy us" she tells me.

I smile softly, "of course not..." I trail off before standing up.

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I enter the dark room to see Alison facing the window. I shut the door causing the room to go back to it's dark state. I announced my appearance by clearing my throat.

She lifts her hand up and does a wiping motion, and I could immediately know that she was crying. I swallowed hard before approaching her, her back still facing me.

I slowly stood behind her, wrapping my arms around her waist, pulling her back into my chest. "I won't ask if you're okay, because I know your not. But if you need me, I'm here. And even if you don't, I'll still be here for you" I tell her honestly.