I don't know what Mother's done, but I have a sinking feeling that she could have started something very serious.
It was Saturday. I just wanted to have a normal weekend; one where Mother and Dad would just get along for two days without an argument. But I suppose I set the bar a bit high.
There was a new man in the house. Mother said his name was Jacob, that she had been dating him for some time, that she was letting him stay here for some time.
He was quite tall, with chocolate brown skin and a pretty good face considering he was about Mum's age. I mean, I could have easily mistaken him for 15 years younger.
I didn't hate this man. I hated the fact he was here. I knew that it meant that Mother was likely to divorce Dad to marry Jacob instead. It meant that I would have to choose.
I couldn't deny the fact that this was going to happen. They weren't happy together. It was virtually impossible that they would stay together for very long, especially considering the amount on arguments had occurred behind our backs over the past month or so.
I smiled politely. Kaito grinned. Dad attempted a smile, and left the room cursing under his breath, too quiet for anyone except me to hear.
I didn't hate this man. But I didn't like him either. He was nice enough, considering that we were children from another man; but I could tell that all his smiles were genuine, and that he really did seem to like us.
I was put in a very awkward position. I wanted to spend time with Jacob to be polite, otherwise Mother would tell me to do so anyway, but by doing so Dad would think we were drifting away from him.
So either way, I lose. As I said, a pretty awkward situation.
I really just wanted to cry, to hide in a corner until everything was over; but if life were that easy, I would have graduated ages ago.
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