“No! She hates her. She hates her so much I can feel it”
“But if she wants money they won’t touch her will they? Drake? Jack? Will they?”
She asks us. All of us knowing better, we drop our heads not wanting to face mum or the truth. She starts to sob shaking her head
“No I can’t, I can’t lose another one Jack I just can’t”
My heart constricts as dad rushes to her side, helping her take a seat as Emma and Fiona crowd her.
“We won’t lose her love. We won’t I promise”
I close my eyes and head for the door. My head felt like it was spinning, the air around me thick and hard to breathe. I needed fresh air.
I stumble to the garage, grabbing the smokes I hid in here when I quit a few years back. I had never felt like I needed one until now.
Right now I could smoke an entire pack. I light it up and take a pull. My head and my heart were fighting with me, my body wanted to move and find her but my mind knew we couldn’t. Not until we got the call.