Silenced 2: The Overtaking (Silenced Series) by RaeBeth McGee-Buda

Author:RaeBeth McGee-Buda [McGee-Buda, RaeBeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-07-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The sun shinning through the curtain, warming my face wakes me, and I see my mom on the floor sleeping. I remember what happened last night. I can see Dave truly left her here. This sucks. Within one night I went from disliking my life to hating my life.

I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and comb my hair. When I reach the bathroom, I notice a red stain on the tiled floor. I bring my arm up gently, hold my wrist.

“Amber, what’re you doing?” I hear Patrick ask from around the corner.

“Nothing just brushing my teeth and my hair.” I reply as I turn around.

Guess I should get used to this. It’s my fault. If I didn’t give everyone a reason to worry, they wouldn’t be watching my every move. They are just following the doctor’s orders.

“Okay, just making sure you’re all right.” He says and turns back into the other room.

After I’m done dressing and getting ready for the day, I wake everyone up. Landon and Casey aren’t hard to wake. My mom asks Patrick and Landon to go down the street to get coffee. Normally, she would’ve asked me.

“I think we should get everything gathered up while they get the coffee.” My mom suggests.

“Landon, grab us one too.” I ask him.

“All right.” He replies walking out the door.

“Do you think he’ll be at the house when we get there, Mom?” I ask, referring to Dave.

“Probably not, he and I have had a rocky relationship for a long time. We did a great job of hiding it.” She says in a saddened voice. “Casey….Amber… I’m sorry you two found out the way you did. I didn’t want you to find out like this, but its better you know.” She finishes.

I don’t understand how I feel. For the past year, I looked at Casey as my best friend. There are times when I thought she was my sister. I even thought about it when Mom told me my father’s first name. Now I understand why she didn’t want to talk about him or tell me his last name.

“It’s ok. I’m glad I finally know the truth. I don’t know how he’s going to take it, but I really need to talk with him.” I say, hoping Casey won’t object.

“No kidding! He’s got some explaining to do. He told me he has another daughter, but never said he walked out on her. He told me her mother wouldn’t let him see her.” Casey admits.

“It’s true. I wouldn’t let him see Amber. He wanted nothing to do with her while I was pregnant. He didn’t think twice when he walked out. After I gave birth to her, he wanted to see her. He fought with me, wanting to give her his last name. I told him, no. He wasn’t there for me when I was pregnant with you. He sure the hell wasn’t going to take credit when all the pain and fear was gone.” My mother says defensively.

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