Never Leave My Side
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He pulled away first, “Wow.” He murmured and I giggled.
I looked back at the ocean, “What time is it? I forgot my phone at home.”
He looked at his watch and said, “6:45.”
I jumped up to my feet and he followed, “I gotta go, my moms gonna be up soon and I don’t wanna talk to her.”
He tilted his head to the side, “Why not? What happened?”
I started walking backwards to my house with my flip flops in my hand, “I’ll tell you later. I’ll come over. I’ll text you when.”
He smiled and nodded, “Okay. Bye Mick, see you later.”
I waved as he began to run back up the beach towards his house.
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I walked into the house 5 minutes later. I shut the back door behind me as quiet as possible. As I turned away from the door, the kitchen light flicked on to show my mom standing in the kitchen doorway in her pajamas with no makeup on. It’s very rare that you see her like this.
She crossed her arms over her chest and stared hard at me, “Where were you?”
I stared at her just as cold and crossed my arms, “Since when have you cared?”
She uncrossed her arms and put them on her hips, “Since always, I’m your mother. Now tell me where you were.”
I stared hard at her, “Out and that’s all you need to know.”
“Mikayla Elizabeth, you tell me where you were right now!” She started to get mad.
“Why Mom!? Why should I tell you anything!? Why should I have to!? You’ve had a boyfriend for – I don’t even know how long right after my father just died! Your husband, mom! So tell me, why should I have to tell you anything when you tell me nothing!?” I screamed at her.
She stormed over to me and stood right in front of me, “Frank has nothing to do with this! You better tell me where you were now! Wanna know why!? Because I’m your god damn mother! That’s why! Now tell me where you were!”
I looked straight into her eyes with a smug expression, “No.”
She raised her hand and like lightening, slapped me across my face. I grabbed my stinging cheek and looked at her with tears glistening in my eyes.
She looked at her hand and then at me and her jaw dropped open, “Baby, I’m… Oh my god, I’m so –“, she went to touch me.
I flinched back and held up my hand, “Don’t. You’ve done enough.”
She looked hurt as I walked past her and up the stairs to my room. I slammed the door behind me, locked it, slid down to the floor against it and cried.

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