Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 44

Chapter 44

I Met Someone

Mother's home when I get there.

I can tell, firstly because the door is unlocked. Secondly, because she's singing loud from the other side of the house with music blasting from he t.v.

My stomach drops.

She hasn't done that since before dad and Alex passed away. I drop my bag on the couch and hesitantly make my way through the hallway down to her room at the end of the house

"Mother?"

There's a pause in her singing and then the music stops, bathing the house in an uncomfortable silence. I steel my stomach, preparing myself for a barge of hateful words to spew from her mouth.

The door to her room whips open and she smiles at me, wide.

Her lips have remnants of last's night red lipstick, and her mascara runs down her face. "Alina, did school get out early?"

I frown. She's muttering, her lips wrapping around an unlit cigarette and I find myself in

shock that she isn't actively smoking.

"I wasn't aware that you knew what time my school day ended."

She rolls her eyes. "Serioulsy, Alina. Are you always so dreadful?"

I flinch, watching her as she turns from me, in her blue robe, leaving the door open. She's going through her closet, throwing clothes across her dirty room as she whispers to

herself.

My lips twist between my teeth and I wonder if I want an answer to the question I'm

asking. "What are you doing?"

"I met someone."

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Immediately, I want to cry. "You... met someone?"

She presses a dress to her front as she looks at herself in the mirror. "Yes. I think... I think

he could make me happy."

My ears ring and my vision turns blurry. "No."

"Did you expect me to

be fatherless for the rest

for her?

shake my head, though. "No, it's just... it's

through the air before bringing them up to her

haven't moved on. This isn't about love. He has money. He's a

of us."

wave of discomfort

wasn't asking for your

"You just met him."

"Yes, and?"

talking about him taking care of

"Yes."

like this is the

"You can't be

tense and whatever calm she was

steps forward as she points a finger

flinch, taking a step

"You don't question me."

I shake my head, still not knowing

she

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turns angry so fast.

still provide for you, that you have a roof over your head and

but I hold my ground. "I'm your

scoffs. "More like a curse. If you had never been born, your father and Alex would

be here."

words coming from her don't hurt as much as they should

guilt holds me

nothing compared to the things I

holding my breath this entire time and

to my

room.

in when

Aiden.

on my shoulders and looks down at me with

"What

front door was open, so I let myself

shoulder to where my bag sits on the floor. His hands drop from my shoulders to my waist and he

quickly wiping the tears from

always talk

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