Amory's POV
I drove into my father's house and parked by the side. It's been two days since I came back here, I have been in my studio apartment, not in the mood for my parents' problems now, especially my Mom.
I walked into the living room and looked around, no one is around, at least I can't see any, which of great relief to me, I just need to get to my room and rest considering the work I have been doing since last night, I finished the required part in the painting and I'm not going to lie that was the most tiring and at the same time bravest thing I have ever done in a long time, I finished brandishing the painting with scars and subsequently adding tattoos on it which only served to add more color to the scars.
I painted the scars and it was very raw... and real, way to real and the scars just lay there on her skin glaring and obscene in total display and after the cover up tattoo, it was a full on work of art, I couldn't even look at it more than once, it was way too real for me.
But then luck hasn't always been on my side all the time
" Amory stop right there!!" Great..
I continued walking with the full intention to go to my room without speaking to her
" Amory!! I'm not going to say that again, don't make me go to your room "
Yeah, she sounds pretty angry, I mean that's kind of expected, considering I have been ignoring her calls for two days straight .
I stopped, breathed out and turned around to face her
" Hi Mom " I said keeping a passive face
" Amory what is wrong with you, I have been calling you for the past two days and you refused to pick up your phone, you didn't come back and never informed anyone either "
I looked at her like she was crazy, Bitch why are you acting like you're worried
"Why"
" Why!!!! Amory is that all you could say, after ignoring me"
" Yeah, why were you calling me " I said as a matter of factly
She was looking at me like I was saying something out of this world
" Amory I'm your Mom and I'm worried about your sudden disappearance from the house and your refusal to pick any of my calls"
I stared at her dead in the face and chuckled slowly, my eyes darting around the room before I stepped closer to her.
" If there's a reason you kept calling me for days you might as well say it now, let's get it over with and stop with the crap that you're worried about me"
" Amory, you will not speak to me in that manner I will not tolerate it"
" Then don't, I never asked you to" I yelled at her, now getting agitated at the whole drama playing out
I watched her fiery eyes glare daggers at me and I glared back, both of us seething in anger
" Amory if you keep acting like this I'll be forced to block your credit cards and take that apartment from you, because you know well enough that all of that belongs me"
" If you're going to threaten me with money then desist from it Velda, both of us know I'm earning my keep, don't let me open my mouth "
" What does that mean Amory "
" Exactly what you think it is Velda " and that riled her up so much and she raised her hand to slap me
"That's enough both of you" my Dad's voice boomed in the living room hanging her hand in the air,
" Amory go to your room"
And I barged into my room, my mood so much worse now than before I came in
" Ahhhhhhhh !!!!!!! Go to hell, all of you " .
I was mad, visibly so, I just wanted to come home and rest without being accosted by my Mom, that was wishful thinking.
I went into the bathroom to take the bathroom to shower, I stood under the cold shower and let the ice cold water cascade down my body, I was frozen in the spot not even shivering, I just stood frozen and numb
and then it's started again, the voices
It's your fault Amory... You're the reason Atticus is not with us anymore, you are the reason.
Everything is shambles now because of you, the media will talk about us now
Amory a scandal will break out because of you, Amory, Amory Amory it's all your fault... Amory Amory.
I grabbed my towel immediately and stormed out of the haunting bathroom before I breathed out, I closed my eyes as the cold air hit my body now making me shiver but at the same time granting me temporary relief, I breathed in.
I stared at my reflection in the mirror and raked my fingers through my hair. If it is within my power I will rip out some part of me and flush it down the toilet. I'd rather not be whole than have a haunting demon in me that is none other than me.
"God helps us, most times we don't realize but he does"
I scoffed as I remembered something Kale usually says, especially when someone brings up a problem.
God helps us...
What a load of bullshit, I must be losing it, since I'm now hearing Kale's voice in my head, I need sleep
An adequate one .
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I woke up with a startle as I kept hearing my name in my sleep till I finally woke up and I'm met with a blurry face of someone looking down at me
" Wake up Amory" I blinked and the blurry face turned to that of Carmen, I was staring at her still, not saying anything, I knew it was Carmen but for some reason, my mind was still not able to comprehend the whole situation and why I was woken abruptly and not to mention the absurd dream that I had about Kale just now.
" If you keep staring at me blankly like that I'll be forced to dump this iced coffee on your face" she said while giving me a look of disgust and bringing the cup of coffee to my line of view and proceeded to open it and that was enough to bring me back to reality, and I sat up from the bed and glared at her
" Get off me Carmen"
" Well I'm glad you're back" she said before she stood up and walked away from my bed.
" Why did you wake me up so abruptly, couldn't you respect the fact that I was sleeping"
I said before leaving the bed.
" Well I have been here for three hours and according to your parents you have been sleeping since you came back, which means you have been sleeping for 4 hours Amory"
I raised a brow at her I question
" Don't give me that look, I needed to make sure you were still sleeping, since when do you sleep that long " she said as a matter of factly
" There are nicer ways to wake someone " I said and walked to her before taking the cold coffee in her hands, my throat was patched and that was a good remedy to it.
" Doesn't matter, I haven't been seeing you, so what have you been up to"
" Nothing exactly, I've been busy with my project "
" The art Project with Kale ??"
" Yeah, we are done with it"
" Really what did you guys do, let me see it" she said, the tone of her voice evidence of her excitement.
" No, you will see it when we present in class" I said while leaving the room, it's already dark and I felt like I was feeling fresh air outside.
" Why not" she said chasing after me
" Because I said so "
" That's not fair" "
" Not my problem".