Beautiful Tomorrow by Emery Jacobs

Author:Emery Jacobs [Jacobs, Emery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Author Emery Jacobs, LLC
Published: 2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

Part Two

Caleb

I’ve often heard if you love someone, set them free. If they return to you, then it’s meant to be. I did this once a long time ago, and it almost cost me my heart. But over the years, I’ve learned you should hold onto the one you love. Never let go, always keep her within your reach. And just maybe, you’ll be lucky enough to find your forever. When you do, it’s fucking beautiful.

Fifteen

Henley

Age: Ten

“Mom, what do those words mean?” I repeat the same question I asked her only ten minutes ago. She’s ignoring me. Like always.

She takes a deep breath and sighs. She’s irritated with me. I can tell. Hopefully, I won’t get in trouble, but I don’t think it’s fair that everybody knows what’s wrong with me but me. I may be a kid but that doesn’t mean I’m stupid. If I ever have kids, I’ll never lie to them. Or ignore them or be mean to them.

“Don’t worry about what the doctor said, Henley. Those words are not important. At least not now.” My mom grabs my hand before leading me down the stairwell. We’ve been at the hospital all day. It seemed like the doctor sent me to just about every floor for test after test and I’m tired. Tired of this hospital, tired of tests, and tired of being lied to.

Mom shoves open the double doors and we walk out into the heat of central Mississippi. She squeezes my hand tighter as she pulls me into the parking lot. Once we reach her car, she swings around and bends over until she’s eye level with me. “Tell no one that we visited the doctor today. And under no circumstance are you to repeat anything he said.”

She narrows her eyes before raising her other hand toward my face. My reflexes must be working good today, because I flinch and she didn’t even hit me.

She points her finger at me before she continues, “Do you understand?”

I decide to ignore her, because that’s what she’s been doing to me all day. Give her a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ That’s her line, not mine. Mom says it all the time before she does something really mean to somebody.

“Answer me, Henley!” Her voice is louder than before. This is such crap. She can treat me any ole way but the minute I decide to kinda stand up for myself, she starts yelling.

I shrug and nod my head. Maybe she’ll get the message. But she doesn’t because she quickly unlocks the door and shoves me in the backseat. I reach for the seatbelt but she stops me.

Her teeth are clenched together, and her face is red. Okay. She’s mad over the fact I won’t answer her stupid question.

“I don’t know what has gotten into you, but I’m your mother and whatever I tell you to do, you do it. If you continue to have an attitude with me, I will—”

I don’t let her finish that sentence, because it will end in me getting a spanking—her words, not mine.

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