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?

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 as

phone from my hand. That's when I notice it shaking and I watch

the voice on her, doesn't she?" Jake says, amusement

silence fall on us and I close my eyes, Jake's warm

while, his tone dropping to almost a hushed whisper. I sigh and

what he did. It's always been there in the back of my mind and I try to push it away but it just keeps eating

it's her way of punishing me." I

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

towards him and wraps an arm around my shoulder. I'm grateful for his support

murmur. I nod my head silently, feeling my eyes fill up with emotional tears. The door

Tobias and Ivory walk in, chatting quietly between themselves. I sniffle quickly, wiping away the

tight dress. Her wild hair is curled around her shoulders and she's wearing sky high black heels. She

a few friends that me and Tobias