Broken Rules: The Elites Of Weis-Jameson Prep Academy Book 2 by Hart Rebel

Author:Hart, Rebel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amore Publishing
Published: 2019-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

12

Chapter Twelve

The next morning, I wake up to my mom knocking on my door saying she wants to talk. I’m panicked as I climb out of bed to let her in. So many things have happened this week that she could have somehow found out about. All the sex in Emmett’s motel room, the drug incident at school, the fight at Lily and Vivian’s, skipping school, the visit with my dad. My defenses for all of it are racing through my mind as she comes in making small talk about work.

“So…things have been going well at work,” she says with an awkward and heavy smile.

“Oh, yeah?” I perk up nervously. “Well…that’s…good.”

“Yeah.” She nods earnestly. “Hard work as always. But I really like the medical center here. Even better than the one back in Oklahoma, I think.”

She looks at me expectantly, but I am too on edge and clueless to what to say.

“Well…what about school?” she asks finally.

“What about it?” I snap back defensively, my eyes wide.

“Just…how is it going?” she prods. “We haven’t really been able to talk about it much since we got here, you know? And I felt so bad when everything happened with Emmett’s dad. I felt like I knew nothing about your life or what had been going on with you.”

“Oh…you know…That was a crazy time.” I laugh nervously, but quickly realize how inappropriate it sounds. “But, um…things are good at school. You know, better now…Sort of.”

“Better how?” she shoots back brightly.

My mind races. How is it better? I’m not getting the shit beaten out of me anymore, but I have beat up Vivian again. And asked Emmett to torture her the way he used to torture me, and realized both Vivian and I seem to get off on it in a weird way. Yeah, Ophelia. Start telling Mom all about that.

“It’s just boring,” I offer finally. “I don’t really know what else to say about it.”

“Oh, okay,” she recoils in disappointment.

She tries to ask me questions about school, but I only give her brief answers. Then her expression changes, and I brace myself for whatever is coming. I know she came in here for a reason, and I can only guess what it might be.

“How are things going with Emmett?” she asks gingerly.

“Oh!” I blurt. “Emmett? Good…You wanted to talk about Emmett?”

Truthfully, I want more than anything to be able to talk to my mom about Emmett. I want to ask if this is what it was like when she met my father. I know it’s nothing like how it is with Brendan. He’s calm and strong enough to keep his emotions under control. He’s never threatened or hurt my mom in any way. I know I want what they share together. And I’m afraid that with Emmett, I am getting what she had with my father. That’s more believable.

I want to ask her if she felt this way about my dad—if she had this hard of a time walking away from him, too. When did she know it was time to give up on him? The story is that he hit her once and she left.

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