It’s a universal truth that children often placed their parents in such high pedestals.
When I had been young, I looked up to both my mother and father. It had only been me, Olive, Scarlett, and the twins, Hazel and Clementine then. I was close to the twins, and I never once understood why Olive and Scarlett would often tell me I shouldn’t spend as much time with my parents as I did back then.
“Have you ever had him checked in the hospital?” The words leave my mouth with much more ferocity than I intended. My parents’ eyes widened, surprised I even had it in me to say such things to them. My mother’s ice turned icy, like how it used to back when I had been younger. She scoffs, crossing her arms against her chest, “Look at this place, you think we could afford a hospital visit when we can’t even pay for no damn elect
Markus wasn’t done. Still, he was gently squeezing my hand from underneath the table. Words don’t form in my mouth. Instead, I was simply looking at him. My heart fluttering against my chest. Beating erratically with every word that comes out of his mouth.
“Get out!”My mother was in hysterics, her hands outstretched towards Markus. I could tell she just had her nails done, the tips of her nails were sharpened and dyed a deep red. My father was smarter, he slipped his arms under my mother’s arms and stopped her from hurting us. If she had been an animal, you could tell she was probably foaming at the mouth by this time.“Get out!” She screamed again, her saliva hitting me square in the face. Crinkling my nose, I lift my arm up to wipe it off. Disgusting. “Get out, both of you!”Markus fixed his collar, looking at my mother straight in her eyes.“We would gladly do just that,” He then looked around the room. His eye
Blue was in the same place as he had been a few hours ago.He still had his nose stuck in a book. My eyes widened a fraction once I noticed it just wasn’t any book. It was a book on the Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology. Grinning, I slowly crouch in front of him. If what my sisters said had been correct, then they were absolutely far off. Not that Blue was slow.Everyone was just on average speed that he had no choice but to keep quiet when everything was being processed in his brain in a rapidly fast pace.“Hello,” I say. “Do you remember who I am?”Blue doesn’t even give me any sort of regard. If it had been others who asked, I’m sure they would have been offended or felt like
At least one of us seemed to have enjoyed the surprise.Gray came running outside the house, a huge smile on his face. He had pulled Jade along with him. They both had goofy looks on their faces. Gripped tightly on one of Gray’s hand was the big yellow truck he was playing with moments ago.For some reason, I can’t share the same excitement that was probably building up inside Gray’s body. Wait, no, actually, I knew the reason. Pinching the bridge of my nose, I sighed and clicked my tongue. Forcing myself to look at Markus, I wave my hand towards the truck, “Please tell me that isn’t a dump truck in front of my parent’s house.”He nods eagerly, “I could tell you that’s not a dump truck but then I would be l
All of my siblings had a mixture of disappointed faces once they saw Markus’s pseudo-basement apartment.Olive, Scarlett, and Hazel were respectful enough that they didn’t air their disappointment. With the lack of excitement on their faces, though, I’m sure they were expecting something bigger. Quickly, they took all the bags of our siblings and when I pointed where our room was, they hid themselves inside.Clementine wasn’t as kind. She immediately started walking all around the place, looking inside drawers and cabinets. I glare at her whenever I notice her stuffing things inside her jacket pocket. Didn’t stop her though, in fact, it seemed to fuel her more. She would smirk whenever I caught her.I should teach her a lesson in stealing, she&
Keira smiled lovingly behind the screen of my phone.It had been a long time since we talked about everything that had been going on lately with my life. When I told her that I had moved into Markus’s apartment, she made a fit and went all dramatic. Once I gave her a voucher for a fresh pair of shoes, she immediately went quiet. Now, I was currently telling her about how I’ve already taken in my siblings and as of the moment, we were squatting Markus’s apartment.And that they still didn’t know I was pregnant.She screamed and asked why I was even still pregnant in the first place. Even though I’ve already told her about the contract I made Markus sign, she was still insisting that I should get rid of the thing inside of my belly. To
Ash’s leg was so infected the doctor told us we might have to have it amputated.Markus had been kind enough to bring us to an actual doctor and not just some quack he found online who offered services for free. This was an actual doctor from an actual hospital. Still, Markus being Markus, the doctor was an old family friend and often gave them free consultations.Ash told us that he got wounded after falling off a tree. I was just about to ask him why he was stupid enough to go climb a tree when Red grabbed my hand, stopping me from doing so. With a shake of his head, he dragged me out of the hospital room and talked to me in the hallway.“It was a dare,” He said.“He’s about to lose his leg ov