11. REAL BETRAYAL

You get what you give, remember that shit…

With those questions in mind, I quickly rolled out of my bed and ran out into the hallway. I tiptoed down the stairs to the living room, where most of mom's screams could be heard. Stopping on our living room's entrance, my eyes widened when I saw her crying on the cold floor with Arthur, Lorenz and his best friend Shane in the room standing over her. As usual the ring leader, also known as my so-called boyfriend, had his hands tucked away in his pockets while his best friend did his dirty work. Shane had his gun pointed at my brother to stop him from approaching mom. I stared at Arthur in disbelief, there was no better word to describe how his betrayal made me feel at the moment… he actually brought them to my house‽‽ all his weird questions made sense now, he was faking his concern for me just to find out my whereabouts.

"Hello Angela, surprised to see me??” Lorenz started, looking at me as I stepped out from behind the wall. I shook my hea