Life's What You Make It

Chapter 39

Jasmine's POV
"Bey please, I wanna come home." I sobbed down the phone.

"I know baby, I know. I'm trying my best." Bey told me down the phone.

"You said two days and you'd come and get me. It's been 3! Where are you? All day I sat at the window waiting for your car."

"Jas, they won't let me. I spoke to Jessica yesterday and she said I'm not allowed." She sighed sadly.

"Please! I hate it here." I begged.

"Has something happened since last night?" She asked full of concern.

"No." I shook my head.

"Are you lying?"

"They're just weird. The people. There's this one boy, and he's really strange. Someone said he's got charges against him."

"Stay away from them okay? Keep yourself to yourself." She told me.

"Okay." I replied.

"How're they treating you?" She asked and I sighed. "Still the same?"

"I'm hungry."

"Aw baby, I'll speak to Jessica again okay? See if they can get the lock off your room. Have you managed to eat today?"

"They left me an apple at lunch and a bit of pasta at dinner but it was plain." I replied as my stomach rumbled. Mary really wasn't playing when she said it wasn't her problem if nobody left me anything. "I think the woman is doing it on purpose and unlocking my door after everyone else has ate."

"I'll ring Jessica." She said as she made a mental note.

"Can't you just come and get me? My doors unlocked now so I can sneak out..."

"Jas, no." She said sternly. "You know I would but I literally can't. Unless you wanna try get me arrested again."

"Can't I stay with grandma?"

"We've been through this, there's no proof that yall are related." She sighed.

"Well why can't I do a DNA test with her instead of dad?"

"Because your grandma isn't the one looking after you."

"But neither is dad."

"I'm sorry." She said softly.

"What about Kelly? Or Michelle? Solange?" I asked. "Even Nicki? Please Bey."

"I asked that yesterday and Jessica said it'd just complicate things." She said.

"Can't one of them just become my temporary legal guardian like you did?" I asked and she shook her head.

"Don't you dare throw that phone Jasmine." She said sternly but quickly, seeing what was going through my mind.

"It's annoying Bey."

"I know, I'm just as frustrated as you are, but you can't let your anger out like that."

"Sorry." I replied.

"It's okay." She said. "Just control your anger please. That's my phone remember."

"I'll try." I nodded.

"Your little friends came round here yesterday. Asking if you were out yet? I hope you haven't been giving my moms address out."

"No, I spoke to them on Tuesday, they said my watch showed up as being there on find my friends. What did you tell them?"

"That you weren't but I was working on it. They're worried about you. They've got some petition going round to get you out, wanted me to sign it." She said chuckling slightly.