Hate Sober by T.L Smith

Author:T.L Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Your grandmother is here insulting me.

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I don’t need to explain to him where I am, he will know. He always knows. My cell starts ringing before she can open her vile mouth again, and Gunner’s voice sounds through my phone when I answer it.

“Speaker, now, Everly.” I do as he requests.

“It’s on,” I say, looking up at the old bitch as she turns her evil eye to me.

“Grandmother!” his voice rings through the dining room and she stills as she stares at me.

“Gunner,” she replies in a sweet tone.

“Why are you at the Thorne home?”

Her eyes narrow at me. “I came to sort this mess out,” she says as if it’s obvious.

“No. You will do no such thing. You will thank the Thornes for hosting you, and you will leave. If I hear you’ve said one more word to Everly… don’t deny it either… I will cut our contact.” His words are strong and we all know he means them.

The old woman eyes me, hate evident in them.

“But—”

“This is your only warning. And don’t visit again.” He hangs up.

She stands and places her folded napkin on the table and looks to me. “You may have him fooled, but, one day, he will wake up, girl. And you better hope when that day comes, I’m buried.”

“Leave. Before I bury you myself, Nakita,” my father threatens.

She turns and walks out the door. None of us get up to help her, or show her out the door. When we hear the front door slam, my father sighs, “I’m sorry, angel, we didn’t know.”

“You had no way of knowing.” I shrug. “Would you mind if I spent the day with you?” I ask and my mother nods her head excitedly.

“I’ve got all those new movies you love to watch. We can, as you kids say, ‘Netflix and chill.’” She giggles.

“Lord help me,” my father says, putting his hands on his head but with a smile on his face.

My cell dings as the plates begin to be cleared away and I look down to see his name on the screen.

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