Rescue Me

Chapter 22
Noelle's POV

I woke up and rubbed my tear stained cheeks and rubbed my temples out of anger.  I eventually - and reluctantly - stood up.  I walked into the hallway and closed Aubrey and Cassidy's door, they're still sleeping.  I was going to walk down the stairs, but then decided not to.  I can't face my mom, not right now, I might crack again.

I leaned against the hallway wall and slid down to the ground.  How could he, that was a cruel, malicious and spiteful act of anger.  He shouldn't even be angry, it was his fault!  He said he would do anything for us, but when it came down to it, he broke under the pressure.  You can't just have a family and leave them, then come back and think everything's okay.  It's not right, he had a wife and three daughters who needed him the most, when he wasn't here.

I wiped my tears with my sweatshirt again and stood up to walk down the stairs.  I stopped at the bottom step because I heard quiet sobs coming from around the corner.  I heard tapping nails against the wood kitchen table, and turned to see my mother leaning on her elbow, bangs pushed over her hand.  She didn't notice me, she was staring at her laptop screen.  I quietly walked past her and stared at the open e-mail of my father and his new beach blonde tramp wrapped in his arms.  The top of the picture reading 'Merry Christmas! From Jacob and Nancy' my mom's eyes plastered on the picture of her ex-husband she was still in love with, tears streaming down her face.  I carefully took a perfectly manicured hand and placed it on the top of the laptop.  I shut it gently, but quickly.  "I'm sorry." she muttered wiping her tears off.  "You don't have to be sorry mom, you're always so strong, you're allowed to break every now and again." I sat next to her on the next chair.  She stared at the table, and bobbed her head slowly.  Suddenly a violent shudder escaped from her and she was hysterical, just like that.  I stood back up and wrapped my arms around her neck as she continued to cry.  I let my head drop onto the back of her head, and started crying again myself.

After a half an hour or so of crying our eyes out we wiped our eyes and gave each other a big hug.  We let go and sat back down and she was looking at my face very intently.  "What's wrong?" I asked after a minute.  "You burned the side of your face again." she laughed and stood up to get a paper towel and milk.  "Thanks." I smiled and laughed, "You know what mom, it's a good thing he's gone." she looked at me confused.  "Why's that honey?" she tilted her head.  "Well, let's face it.  If we lost you, we'd be dead by now.  He never did anything important like, make us food, or pick us up from school, or fed us." I started listing random things, but the list always ended with something about food.  She laughed, "Thank you honey." she smiled and kissed my forehead as she stood up, "Now, what do you want to eat?"

**Author's Note**
So, I Decided You Guys Needed An Intro Into Noelle's Life, You'll Discover more In The Nex Few Chapters Too : )
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