47 Breaking free ….

Lyla

I stood , stunned at Nanny’s words , trying to process her demand to break up with Xander .

It made me speechless but only for a moment .

Then slowly , a laugh bubbled up from my chest as I crossed my arms .

“ Break up with him ? ” I repeated .

“ You have no right to tell me that .

You cannot ask me to break up with him .

There’s no reason for that .

“ It’s for your own

good , Lyla ! ” Nanny sighed .

“ You’ll thank me later , I promise you .

“ No ! ” I scoffed .

“ Who do you think you are to make such decisions for me ? My mother ? ”

I paused , trying to fight the tears at the back of my throat .

“ Newsflash : You’re not .

I’ll be twenty soon .

I’m an adult and I can make decisions about who I date or who not to date .

Nanny clenched her teeth , her fists tightening at her sides .

“ Well , young lady you’re still 19.

And you’re living under my roof , cating the food I put on the table .

I take care of you ; I buy every fucking thing you need .

That’s the least you owe me , to do as you’re told .

The curse word hung in the air between us .

In all the years we’ve been living together , I’ve never heard her use foul language .

I knew I should back down by now but I was too angry to care about anything else .

“ No ! ” I shot back .

“ What I owe you is gratitude for taking care of me all these years not blind obedience for the future .

You’re just jealous .

You hate that I’ve broken free , that I’ve finally gotten away from the chains of our family and our laws that held me bound all these years .

Well , guess what ? I’m going to live my life on my terms , whether you approve of it or not .

And if you’re so tired of fending for me , maybe I’ll just leave ”

Nanny chuckled dryly .

“ Jealous of you ? For what reason , Lyla ? What about you triggers jealousy ? The fact that your father rejected you and doesn’t give a fuck about you .

You think this is about being jealous ? ”

She shook her head , her voice growing stronger as she continued .

relationship that makes you skip school , submit assignments late , go to class late , skip classes and

not slinking into this … this

you met that boy , Xander , everything about you has changed

You dress more ….

, keep late nights , lied to me consistently about school work when you were barely getting anything done and how many days have

suspicious about all of this and the mark … ” she trailed off again

rolled my eyes

You’re so

to protect

I haven’t noticed the sex

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room .

as a teenager and this is just a phase but let’s face it , Lyla … I’m sick of doing

grow up and I mean it

is not the pack house where you had everyone at your beck and call … here you have to work really hard to get anything you want and that means you

school .

my stuff ? ” I screamed , taking

is wrong ,

about Xander doesn’t feel right and my instincts

in the middle of the year , and just likes you like that ? Do

me , Lyla … it never ends well

my face flush

protection ! ”

just mad because I’m

control me just because you’ve looked after me all these years ? Well , I don’t need you ! ” z

, her hands trembled as she struggled to contain her

, she looked so small , so defeated and I felt almost a

Almost .

what ? ” I

think I’ve overstayed

, I turned on my heel and stormed up the stairs , my heart pounding

from my closet and began shoving clothes

going to let Nanny or

1

back downstairs , Nanny was standing

with fear ,

doing ? ”

! ” I replied

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out what to do with the rest of my

she begged , reaching out to hold me

do

can talk about it

just calm down and think

talk about , ” I threw her

, not sparing her a second glance

? Nanny cried , following me as I strode down

! You’re not thinking

her and continued

” Nanny’s voice cracked but my

figure out

, refusing

pulled out my phone and called

and I threw my back into the backseat , sliding in

car drove away , I looked back one last time ,

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sobbing

didn’t

Not anymore .

I was free .

pulled up at Xander’s house

as I remembered it sleck , modern and always a little too perfect

the driver , I stood on the sidewalk for some minutes , silently regretting why

been too hasty in

What if his father refused to let me stay ? He was the only person I knew

nerve , I marched up to

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