Tangled Love

"Hello? Emily, come home this instant! How dare you leave home so suddenly!"

I scoff, unable to believe her words. I silently wish I never answered the phone but the damn woman wouldn't take no for an answer. After ignoring her calls multiple times, I decided to answer before she blew my phone up. . . Literally.

"Leave me alone Mum."

"Where are you? I demand that you come home!" Mum screeches at the other end. Besides me Jake raises an eyebrow and I know he can hear her scream like a banshee.

"I'm safe, isn't that all that matters?" I argue back with her, desperately trying to make her see sense. I hear her pause on the other end before she inhales sharply. I wonder whether she finally understands but when she begins calling me selfish and an inconvenience, I slump my shoulders in defeat.

Why can she not see that I ran away for my own safety?

Would I always be the child blamed for all of the troubles in her life?

intertwining our fingers together. The small contact surprises me because in the past, I'm all alone as the tears fall. I turn my

murmurs, reaching over and plucking the phone from my hand. That's when I notice it shaking and I watch as Jake silently

has quite the voice on her, doesn't she?" Jake says, amusement and disbelief lining his voice.

 my mum." I respond quietly. Moments of silence fall on us and I close my eyes, Jake's warm hand still

while, his tone dropping to almost a hushed whisper. I sigh and run a hand over my face, totally exhausted from the day.

do what he did. It's always been there in the back of my mind and I try to

death and it's her way of punishing me." I whisper, feeling physically sick from

it was possible to feel pain in your heart but right now it felt like a glass bottle was stabbing through it continuously. The glass ripping away at me, tearing

around my shoulder. I'm grateful for his support and lean against him, resting my head into the crook of his neck. He smells

you really think that?" Jake asks quietly, his voice a murmur. I nod my head silently, feeling my eyes fill up with emotional tears. The door suddenly opens,

chatting quietly between themselves. I sniffle quickly, wiping away the tears before they can see the

skin tight dress. Her wild hair is curled around her shoulders and she's wearing

"It's downtown, just a few friends that me and Tobias know."