The Substitute Teacher (The Sequel)

Sequel Part 45 ~ Fed Up

FRiDAY - After aunt Sheila's funeral

~ Michael's point of view ~

I don't understand why everybody is acting so weird around me. First Ariana . . then Leah . . now Jaylah. Thank god Jaden isn't mad at me . . in fact, he's spending the rest of the afternoon with Corey at the mall. Why are women so complicated? What did Corey do to them?! . . nothing. It's not his fault that he was born . . I'm happy to have him in my life. . . Carli is acting so strange lately. So clingy. She constantly calls me, wanting to spend time with me. Why is everything crashing down at me again? . . . is it all because of Corey? . . I don't understand. I'm at a loss here . . . .

Aunt Sheila's funeral wasn't easy for me and my parents. But I'm glad we finally said our goodbyes. . may she rest in peace. Thinking about the money she left me, I'm starting to feel like it's giving me bad luck. My life with Ariana was never easy . . far from it . . . but ever since I have that money things started to change. Maybe not for all the others but for me. 

And about the family vacation . . . it doesn't look like we're going. I have two women at home pretty much hating me. Then I have Carli constantly calling me, needing my attention . . . thank god I have Jaden who is still acting normal. Ariana and I are fine, I guess, but it's not the same. Ever since Corey came into our lives she started acting weird. I don't get her. She was so supportive in the beginning and now it's like she doesn't even care about him. 

It's been three days. Three days of fighting with Ariana and Leah . . . Leah won't even look at me. She hates Corey. She resents the fact that he's her little brother. I understand that this is new to her but why hate the little boy? . . what did he do to her? . . I wish I could just turn back the time and never have sex with Carli. . . I love having Corey in my life. . . . but it would make things a lot easier. 

I'm home now . . . I took off work for the rest of the afternoon. I'm not going to spend the weekend at home arguing with Ariana. I love her to death . . I really do but she's making it so hard for me. Sometimes I wish we never met . . . I know this sounds cold and heartless but that's just how I feel at the moment. I probably would've married someone else and have kids . . . . but those kids wouldn't be Jaden, Jaylah and Leah . . . . . 

So much has happened in my life . . . . I sometimes think back to when I first started working as a teacher . . . when Ariana was my student. The things I went through with her . . . I wonder how my life would've turned out if I never had her as a student . . . . would I still be teaching? . . . would I have gotten married to someone else? . . . would I have kids? . . . I don't know . . . my job is the only thing right now that keeps me sane. My job doesn't judge me . . . or argue with me. 

I write a letter to Ariana and leave it on the kitchen counter. I text Jaden telling him to bring Corey back to Carli's place when they're done at the mall, 'cause I won't be home tonight. I go upstairs and pack some clothes. I need to get away for the weekend. I need time to myself. I have 5 million dollars on my bank account . . . I could pretty much go anywhere. I pack my stuff and put it in the trunk of my car. I wanna be gone before the girls come back home. I want them to realize how much they've hurt me in the last few days . . . and that everything is just too much for me right now. 

I get in the car and drive to the airport. I park the car and walk inside the airport hall. So many people are here . . . from everywhere. I walk up to a huge board . . . Italy . . France . . Spain . . Thailand . . China . . Switzerland . . Germany . . Australia . . Denmark . . Egypt . . . . I take a seat and order a cup of coffee in a little café. I have a missed call from Carli . . . gosh . . . I really need to get away. I'm so done right now. Done with everyone and everything. I hope they're not gonna be mad at me for leaving . . . but I have to . . . I have to do it for myself. 

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~ Ariana's point of view ~ 

I just walked in . . . "Michael?" I yell. . I take off my shoes and walk over to the kitchen. . there's a letter from Michael. I open it and read:

"Hey dear . . . don't be mad at me but I won't be home for the weekend . . . I'll be back on monday or tuesday. I need some time to myself. Things have gotten way out of hand . . . I need to get away, fly someplace where I can be alone . . . please don't be mad at me . . tell everyone I love them. Lots of Love, Michael"

He left? . . . what about our family vacation? He doesn't want me to be mad? . . well, guess what, I am mad! . . how can he leave like that? . . He needs time to himself? . . I don't understand . . and he didn't even say where he's going. I try calling him on this phone but he doesn't pick up . . . I send a message asking him where he's going but he doesn't reply. How can he leave us like that?

To be continued . . .