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?

sting the back of my eyes and I sniffle, reaching up to quickly wipe them away. A warm hand slips into my left one, intertwining our fingers together. The small contact surprises me because in the past, I'm all alone

"You're okay." Jake murmurs, reaching over and plucking the phone from my hand. That's when I notice it shaking and I

doesn't she?" Jake says, amusement

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

dropping to almost a hushed whisper. I sigh and run a hand over my

do what he did. It's always been there

"I think she blames me for my Dad's death and it's her way of punishing me." I

bottle was stabbing through it continuously. The glass ripping away at me, tearing me apart. I miss him so

an arm around my shoulder. I'm grateful for his

nod my head silently, feeling my eyes fill up with emotional tears. The door suddenly opens, ending

quickly, wiping

around her shoulders and she's wearing sky high black

downtown, just a few friends that me and Tobias