Chapter 10: LET HELL LOOSE

Lucy was fast asleep and her head rested on my legs. There was no problem with looking after her, she fell asleep on her own. Unless you count how she cried from her sleep. At first, I thought it was a nightmare but she kept calling out for her mum. The poor girl probably missed her, I could feel myself getting riled up. Hell will be let loose when she returns. She still hasn't checked up on her daughter, no calls from her supposed sitter and she didn't return to work either. Geez, isn't she supposed to be a good mother? I picked Lucy up and carried her into the bedroom, ticking her in gently. I turned off the lights and turned back to look at her one last time. She was snuggled up tightly as her head laid on the pillow. " Such innocence " I whispered. I had never seen anything so peaceful, just perfect. I walked up to the bed and planted a kiss on her forehead. She stirred a little before she returned to sleep. Slowly I closed the door, careful not to cause any noise. The chiming of the clock woke me up from my nap. Letting out a yawn, I rubbed my eyes. " This couch is uncomfortable " I said groaning. I looked up at the clock on the wall, exactly 11 pm. Where on Earth was she? I trying dialing her number a few times but the response was still the same as before, no response.

I heard a knock, I knew who it was. " Time to let hell loose" I said aloud. Opening the door, I stepped aside as she slowly walked in. She looked flustered, kind of nervous. I don't care how she looks anyways, my only problem is how irresponsible she could be.

" You're definitely not winning the mother of the year award" I said as soon as she walked in and I closed the door behind her.

" Excuse me?" She asked

" Oh please spare me the whole what do you mean crap. You let your daughter in the hands of a sitter and didn't even bother to check up on her. Not even a call. If you had, you'll have realized that I had to take care of Lucy. As if that wasn't enough, you refused to pick up any of our calls. Returning home so late and you expect me to commend you on your wonderful act of love. I explained as I scoffed.

" Umm mm, I was at work and I couldn't pick up any of your calls as my phone was placed in silence mode" she stuttered as she tried defending herself.

What does she even take me for? I don't get a thank you for helping out, instead, I get a bucket full of lies.

" And that, Natasha is why you are irresponsible. Do you think I'm stupid? I called Sam to ask him if you were at work but you weren't. You requested to leave early and you were also in a hurry. Now you stand there, explaining to me that you were at work" I hissed. I really hate to be lied to. A simple apology would have sufficed but she did to go down the path of lies.

" You have no right to call me irresponsible!" she yelled at me. I couldn't help but laugh, really hard. Maybe, not the best reaction but that's what she was getting. Why did she think turning the tables around will work?

" This is not funny, I'm not an irresponsible mother. I try my best to ensure my daughter is safe" I stared at her as she spoke.

" Yeah sure, leaving your daughter in the hands of someone you barely know is the most responsible thing ever" I shot back.

I'm the one who had to sacrifice a day I already planned out, I'm the one who had to give up my movies, and most importantly I'm the one who was called fat. Why is she the one yelling?

" You don't even know what happened but here you are trying to judge me" Trying to judge? Oh no, I'm not trying to judge. I've already judged her based on character and she couldn't convince me otherwise. In fact, no one could.

" Stop being immature. Hope you're listening to yourself as you speak because you are not making any sense. You barely know me,I could have hurt her. What will you have done then?" I questioned. Of course, I'm not terrible to the extent of hurting a child but what if I was. She was supposed to be protective. Lucy is just a 7 year old in a world filled with wolves and predators. Anything can happen to her especially if there was no one around to protect her.

" It's not my fault you're capable of hurting a child" Ok, that's the line.

" Excuse me? I never said I could hurt a child. What the hell? "

" Well " she crossed her arms

"This is far from sanity" I said gesticulating.

" What is not sane Jeremy is you yelling at me. You aren't decent enough to ask what happened. Shouting and calling me irresponsible. " Crossing her arms, her chest heaved.

" Okay fine, what happened ?" She was right. I should have the decency to call her irresponsible after I've heard her reasons for irresponsibility

" It's none of your business " she told me, narrowing her eyes.

" What the ...are you kidding me? You wanted me to ask. You're are the most confusing person I have ever met" I was taken aback. Isn't that what she wanted? Oh Natasha, why do you choose to confuse the hell out of me?

"Look here, I'm not a bad mother. And I'm really tired, I'm going to bed. Anyways, thanks for looking after Lucy" Grabbing her purse, she scurried into her bedroom. Well... That went really great. For the record, that's not my idea of letting hell loose. It's more of just frustrating the life out of her. At least, she got the message. .. I think..

I released a loud yawn and made my way to my bedroom.