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 .

, go to class late

to be winning together and not slinking into this … this … ” she trailed off

boy , Xander

You dress more ….

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

I need you to come to your senses , something is suspicious

my eyes

so

trying to protect you ! ” she

don’t think I haven’t noticed

Breaking free …

room .

Lyla … I’ve convinced myself that you missed out on a lot of things as a teenager and this is just a phase but let’s face it , Lyla … I’m sick of

grow up and

here you have to work really hard to get anything you

school .

through my stuff ? ” I screamed

, I can feel it

doesn’t feel right and

and just likes you like that ? Do you think this is what love looks like ? You’re throwing your life

it from me , Lyla … it

face flush with

don’t need your protection !

I’m

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

, her hands trembled

small , so defeated and I

Almost .

know what ?

I’ve overstayed

I turned on my heel and stormed up

small bag from my closet and began shoving clothes into it , ignoring the tears stinging

to let Nanny or anyone control me

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Nanny was standing

her eyes widened with fear , her

What are you doing

” I replied

I think I’ve been a burden to you

the latest and free

just try and figure out what to do

reaching out to hold

do

can talk about it

calm down

to talk about , ” I threw her a cold stare

, ” I added , not sparing her a second glance as I

will you go ? Nanny cried , following me

, please ! You’re not thinking straight !

and continued walking

cracked but my heart was already

out my life now

down the street , refusing to turn

I was a few blocks away , I pulled out

, a car pulled up and I threw my back into

the car drove away , I looked back one last time , seeing Nanny standing

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sobbing

didn’t feel

Not anymore .

I was free .

Xander’s house a few moments

it sleck ,

the driver , I stood on the sidewalk for some

had been too hasty

Xander turned me away ? What if his father refused to let me stay ? He was the only

, I marched up to the front door and rang the

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