The Hitchhiker (Opposites Collide) by Kathy Coopmans & HJ Bellus

Author:Kathy Coopmans & HJ Bellus [Coopmans, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Timbre Torrid Press
Published: 2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

15

Caitlin

I’ve often wondered how much bad kismet it would take to make me break. To finally look up and see the blackest of black writing on the wall and to stand there and watch it crumble to dust.

I was ready to fall to my feet when I heard that my mother’s name had been leaked. That people will now be digging, searching, and wondering where the hell she is. Who took her and why? That crooked fucking cop is going to try and bury me for my father’s sins, because the truth of the matter is, he knows I’m coming for him. He knows I have her and he is running scared.

My mother walking into the kitchen with her frail body, her eyes full of unshed tears, was one of the proudest moments of my life. For me to be the daughter of Louisa Winslow, a woman who has lived half of my life in sheer and utter hell, made me want to stand tall, that is until she spoke. Her words were meant to help me calm down but did the opposite, because there she was, barely able to stand, yet she drew me into her little body to comfort me. Held me in her arms, sat me down, her words instantly soothing me. A mother’s voice is therapeutic from conception. It comforts, tranquilizes, and I have missed so many things that only she could have taught me, that every word she shed was a stab to my already bleeding heart. She should have never been stripped of her rights to be a mother.

No matter how many times I thought my father might have killed my mother, I always convinced myself otherwise. Clarence Winslow was an evil bastard. He threw me into this life with all the gusto he had. A sink-swim-or-die life that deep down inside I never really wanted. Sure, I loved the idea of having anything I wanted within reach, but none of it mattered. Not when you’re alone. And definitely not by the teaching hand of the man who controlled my life.

I’m so angry with myself right now that if it were possible to go back to that day he told me my mother was gone, I would beat some sense into my young self. I was and still am smarter than believing anything that came out of his mouth. He was pure evil.

Right now, though, as I sit here holding my mother’s hand and feeling the vibes from four angry men bouncing off the walls, I’ve come to learn that I don’t want anything to do with that life anymore. His legacy can go straight to hell. Once this is over and the truth is exposed, I’m giving it all away. Every last dime. I’ll choose a charity for abused women. One that will be named in honor of my incredible mother. Her strength will be the logo showing other women anything is possible.

“What did you have on him, Aunt Louisa?” Curtis leans across the counter and takes her hands tenderly in his.

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