“Mom! Where are you?”
“In the kitchen!” Caterine called out.
Within seconds, a young girl came into the room. She was a beautiful red hair; you think she was Irish, from her hair to her green eyes and beautiful ivory skin.
“Hey mom! Jon asked me to the senior prom but I really don’t want to go with him. Zach is going to ask me, so will you help me decide what to do? Oh, I am sorry, who are you?” She looked at me.
“Harmony, this Lily, Alice’s friend. You remember she will be staying with us for a few months,” she paused and looked at me, “or maybe longer.”
I smiled at her, maybe I will stay longer.
“Well, Lily. I’m Harmony and I am grateful to meet you. She went over to her mom. “Do you want help?”
“Do you really think I do?” her mom asked.
“Of course you do. If you didn’t then you wouldn’t have kids?” she laughed.
“Yes! She finally gets it.” Caterine smiled at me, “that is what kids are for to be slave to their parents.” She laughed and turned to the sink.
It was so nice and weird to be in a kitchen where people actually work in it.
“So what is this problem with what’s his name Zach and Jack?” I asked Harmony.
“Oh Zach and Jon, two boys with no brains.” She started to laugh. “They are really good guys but I am not into them at all.”
“So who is the real guy that you want to go with?” I asked.
“His name is Charlie and I think that he asked Michelle and I think that she said yes.”
“You think? You don’t know?”
“I heard from Trish, who heard for Roger, who talked to Brooke, who is best friends with Annie who is the ex of Charlie, who found out that he was going to ask Michelle, because she has a nice butt.” She rolled her eyes.
I couldn’t help but laugh when I hear her reason. “Are you kidding me?”
“No.” she looked at me and then to her mother. Her mother was no help either, she was laughing as hard as I was.
“When are you going are you two going to stop laughing?" Harmony asked.
Her mom answered, “When you realize how silly you sound. I love having a teenager in the house.”
“What is so funny in here.”
“The fact that your daughter has a great source to figure out if a boy likes her or not.” laughed Caterine.
I assume that this was Mr. Daven. He lends in and kisses his wife and the cheek. “Really, who is the boy this week?”
“This week, what do you mean this week?” ask Harmony.
“Harmony, you are always coming home with some type of boy problem. So like I said what is the boy problem this week?” said her dad.
“Oh dad, you are so funny.” She laughed at her father.
“I think you should just ask him yourself, come up with some fun way to ask him,” I said to Harmony “Do you know this boy?”
“Yes, we have been friends for a long time. And we have liked each other off and on for years.”
“Then go for it but keep the other two boys on stand by just in case he says no.” I suggested.
“Can I do that?” asked Harmony.
“Yeah, you are young and there is no need for you to be with one boy.”
“Have you dated?”
“Yeah and trust me none of them were worthy my time.” I smiled towards her. They started to laugh.
“Harmony, will you please set the table, I think that we are going to have five.” Asked her mother.
“Yeah? But aren’t we six?” asked Harmony.
“Nope, Bennett is not coming home tonight.”
“But he promise he would.”
“I know he felt really bad but Victoria needs him to come to some dinner.” All of sudden, the air changed. I looked to Harmony; her face was really red and not was there hurt and pain but anger.
“Oh my gosh that girl has got him wrapped around her little finger. She is so selfish.”
“Harmony, don’t say that. She is a very nice girl.”
“Really, mom are you blind. She is only nice to you because she has to be. But when it comes to Camilla and I, we are dragged in the dirt and the mud. She is a witch and care about no one beside herself and her newest sugar daddy.” Harmony laughed and walked out of the room.
Caterine looked at me, “the scary thing is she is right. Victoria was raised in a LDS family that think they are better then every one else. It is really hard to be around that family at times.”
“LDS Family what do you mean by that?” I asked.
“Oh I am sorry. I forgot that you aren’t LDS. They feel like they are prefect and do everything right way.”
“Well then why is your son with her?”
“Because he will do anything that girl wants him to.” Harmony said as she walked into the room to get more things for the table. Caterine silently agreed with the statement.
“So are you going to do something about it?” I asked.
Mr. Daven looked up from the paper; “We have been open with him about how we feel. He listens to a point and nods his head and walks away.”
He looked at his wife and she finished his thought, “We want him to make his own choices. As much as a parent wants to get involved with their children discussion, we have to step back and let them figure things out for themselves. Of course he knows that he can come to us and talk to us but Bennett is not one for talking his feelings.”
“Well I am sorry sweetheart that was my fault, I never did like to work out my problems.” He laughed towards his wife.
“You are sweet Peyton. Why don’t you go help your daughter with the table.” Peyton got up and kissed his wife on the cheek and walked out of the kitchen.
This was a new thing for me; it is weird to see parents who really care about the child.
Flashback:
“Mom! Are you home?” I walked into the house, “Mom! Where are you?”
Eva the maid walked in, “Oh Miss Emerson, your parents are out for the evening. Didn’t they tell you?”
I rolled my eyes, “Do you think that they told me?”
Eva smiled at me; “Lily, don’t be mad…” she trailed off.
“Mad why would I be mad, my parents are never home and when they are home they are trying to control me. Yeah I have no reason to be mad!” I yelled as I marched to my room.
Later that night, my mom knocked on my door.
“Lily, can I come in?” I didn’t say anything. “Lily, answer me right now.” She tried to walk into my room, “Lily, you open this door right now.” She was starting to yell. At this point I knew that she was drunk and if I let her then we would have problems.
“Eva! Eva! Open Lily’s door now.” My mother yelled. I knew that I had to get out of here and fast. I grabbed my bag and opened my window.
“Lily, if you don’t open this door right now. You are in serious trouble.” Yep, my mom was drunk. It didn’t take a lot for my mom to become drunk but when she was drunk she is mad and she hits. I climbed out the wall and down the wall. I ran to the small woods behind our house. At that point I heard my mother knock my door down.
“LILY! Where the hell are you? Eva, where is she?”
“I don’t know, Mrs. Emerson. She came right up to her room when she got home.” I could tell that Eva was crying.
“You let her go, you let her go out of your sight. I have always told you never to leave her alone. Roger! Lily is missing and it’s all Eva fault. Roger, where are you? Did you hear me, Lily is gone.” My mom was yelling to my father. I could see my father in his study. My father understood that sometimes you need to get away from my mother. I watched as he rolled his eyes and got out of is favorite chair.
“Martha, come down. It isn’t Eva fault.” I watch him walk up to see my mom. I was tired of watch so I went to my secret clubhouse deeper into the forest. As I was looking up at the stars that night I wished to be somewhere someone loved me.
“Lily? Are you ok?” asked Caterine.
I woke up from my trans, “Yeah I’m fine. Just thinking.”
“Well dinner is ready and Camilla will be home soon. So let’s go eat.”
