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 .

submit assignments late , go to class late , skip classes and Moon knows what else that’s not the good

slinking into this … this …

Xander , everything

You dress more ….

many days have you taken off from the café

, something is suspicious about all of this and the mark …

rolled my

so

protect you

don’t think I haven’t noticed the sex

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room .

things as a teenager and this is just a phase but let’s face it ,

have to grow up

everyone at your beck and call … here you have to work really hard to get anything you want and that means you have to do good

school .

You’ve been snooping through my stuff ? ” I screamed ,

Something is wrong ,

feel right and my instincts

at the beginning of the school year which is the right time for students to transfer ? He shows up in the middle of the year , and just likes you like that ? Do you think this is what love looks like ? You’re throwing your life away for a boy you barely know ! For a boy who had done nothing but

Lyla … it never

felt my face

need your protection ! ”

I’m

me all these years ? Well , I don’t need you

her hands trembled as she struggled

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

Almost .

You know what ?

think I’ve

my heel and stormed up the stairs

bag from my closet and began shoving clothes into it ,

wasn’t going to let Nanny or anyone control me

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downstairs , Nanny was standing by

saw me , her eyes widened with fear , her earlier

are you doing ? ” she asked

! ” I replied moving to

I think I’ve been a burden to you

and free novels at

to do with the rest of my

she begged , reaching out to

Don’t do

can talk about

just calm down and think this

about , ” I threw her

I’m done talking , ” I added , not sparing her

cried ,

! You’re not thinking straight !

her and

” Nanny’s voice cracked but my heart

figure out my

the street , refusing to turn

, I pulled out my

pulled up and I threw my back

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

47 Breaking free ….

sobbing silently

I didn’t feel

Not anymore .

I was free .

at Xander’s house a

it sleck ,

stood on the sidewalk for some

I had been too hasty

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

could lose my nerve , I marched up to the front door and rang

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