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?

into my left one, intertwining our fingers together. The

my hand. That's when I notice it shaking and I watch as Jake silently ends the calls,

on her, doesn't she?" Jake says, amusement and disbelief lining

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

she stop Trevor?" He asks after a while, his tone dropping to almost a hushed whisper. I sigh and run a hand over my face, totally exhausted from the day.

same question over and over again, lying wide awake at night. I have a vague idea why Mum let Trevor do what he did. It's always been there in the back of my mind and I try

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

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

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

quietly, his voice a murmur. I nod my head silently, feeling my eyes

sniffle quickly, wiping away the tears

her black skin tight dress. Her wild hair is curled around her

few friends that me and Tobias know."