Torn

Chapter 26

The next morning I awoke to the sweet aroma of bacon, eggs, and waffles. I looked over at my mother who was sleeping peacefully on the couch. After she spent half of the night in the bathroom, she and I drank hot tea and talked until she passed out on the couch. I didn't bother to wake her because I knew that she was exhausted.

"Good morning daddy" I said as I walked into the kitchen.

"Morning princess. How did you sleep"?

"I slept okay I guess. I was worried about mama" I said as I grabbed a piece of bacon.

"She has her days. She's sleeping peacefully now" My father stated as he continued to prepare breakfast.

"Is it like that every night?" I asked while taking a seat on the bar stool

"Not every night but majority of nights"

I let out a loud sigh and closed my eyes while rubbing my belly. My father hugged me tightly and placed a kiss on my forehead.

"It's going to be okay" I sensed some uncertainty in his words but decided against making things worse by my own doubt.

I left the kitchen and went up to my bedroom to take a much needed bath. I decided on a nice hot bubble bath to relax and to ease a lot of the stress that I had been feeling. Before stepping into the warm water, I grabbed my Ipad and went to my music playlist. I settled on some classic R&B which I found to be rather soothing. Since I didn't get much sleep, I was exhausted. I found myself nodding off as the soft music played in the background.

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"I'm not going in there she's naked"

"If you don't go in there and make sure she's okay"

"But dad-

My eyes fluttered open from all of the commotion outside of my bathroom door. I yawned and stretched before realizing that I was still in the tub. My water was now cold and the bubbles had subsided. Before stepping out of the tub I grabbed my towel and wrapped it around my waist.

I opened the door and immediately rolled my eyes once I realized who was on the other side of the door.

"Look who finally emerged. We thought you had drowned or something" Solange playfully spat.

I bit the inside of my cheek and eyed my sister

"So you weren't going to come in? Damn good to know you care"

"Oh girl stop being so serious. I was kidding."

"How did you even get in my house"? I asked while applying lotion to my now wrinkled body

"Uh your parents opened the door"

"How long have I been in there"?

"Daddy said about 30 minutes or so"

I nodded my head and walked to my closet. I could feel my sister's presence behind me so I immediately turned around and shooed her away

"Can you go"?

"So rude"

"This is going to be a long weekend" I mumbled.

"You better believe it. I'm just getting started. I haven't tortured you in five years"

"Try anything funny and you'll be sleeping on the street" I said while pushing her out of my room.

"Put me out and I'll call reinforcement" she yelled from the other side of the door.

"Who you gon' call"? I yelled back. I couldn't help but laugh at our silliness.

"Shawn"

"He's on my side. All I have to do is give him-