Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

Author:Komal Kant [Kant, Komal]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Komal Kant
Published: 2013-03-04T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Lincoln

“Lincoln, where were you?” Mom demanded as soon as I stepped inside the house and shut the front door behind me.

I’d kind of been hoping that I could sneak into my room without anyone noticing, but the sound of the front door shutting had obviously signaled my arrival.

I knew I was in a lot of trouble. I was still grounded and I was supposed to come home straight after school, but I was late. I hadn’t meant to stay out for this long and had wanted to be home before anyone noticed I was missing, but time with Hadie had flown by and I’d lost track of it.

Once Hadie’s lips had met mine, all common sense had left me. My resistance at wanting to be with her had quickly dissolved and I’d given into her a lot quicker than I’d intended.

Being with her was like nothing else. She made me smile, laugh and brought out a part of me that I’d thought had disappeared a long time ago. When she’d confronted me like that, there was no way I could continue to lie to her. It was too difficult and I had finally given into my selfishness. Whatever happened as a result of that decision was something I would have to deal with.

When I spent time with Hadie, I forget about all the problems I had to face at home. Hadie was deep, thoughtful and sincere which was a lot more than I could say for my own mother.

Don’t get me wrong. Mom had my best interests at heart but that didn’t make her a good person. No, good people were like Hadie, not my Mom.

I was sure my mom cared about me, but she didn’t understand me. She knew about my situation and what I was going through, yet she always found some way to blame me for things that didn’t seem particularly important to me anymore.

There was no chance of escaping to my room, so I reluctantly forced myself to enter the kitchen where Mom and Becky were sitting at the kitchen table. Mom was flicking through a daytime soap magazine while Becky painted her nails an ugly orange color.

Mom’s jaw dropped open when she took a good look at me. “What happened to you? This is the second time this week you’ve come home soaking wet!”

“It’s raining,” I said with a shrug. “Of course I’m going to get wet.”

Becky sniggered, because she knew I was about to get into trouble, and went back to painting her snails with a sneer on her face.

“Don’t get smart with me! I specifically told you that you were grounded, yet you still went out! What’s wrong with you?” Mom asked in disbelief. “And who were you with? I heard a car pull up outside? Who drove you?”

I tried to brush off her question as though it didn’t matter who’d dropped me home. “It was just some girl from school. She was showing me around town. No big deal.”

Mom’s face was slowly turning red with each word that I was saying.

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