Writer's POV
Theo got out of the taxi immediately they pulled up in front of his apartment. He left his car at his friend's place because was too drunk to drive home and none of his friends were willing to drive him home.
"Bunch of useless people" he grunted.
They had teased him telling him to get a taxi home or either walk home. He decided to do the former.
He was going to get back at them one after the other just like he always does.
It had been their little game , getting back at one another and some how that had become the tradition but not in trivial situations.
He was still pissed at Anna for sending him such a ridiculous text message. What did she mean by 'move on'. So she had decided to choose that scum bag that took her to Paris over him.
He staggered to the front porch but paused when he heard Betty talking to someone over the phone.
"Mum I'm fine…" she said .
He strained his ears to see if he could hear what was being discussed but he could only hear Betty's reluctant replies.
Had she not told him that she was not in talking terms with her mother ? She lied to him.
"No mom I'm not coming back home" she raised her voice .
"I'm staying here with him".
Theo scoffed.
"What do you mean good for nothing?" She was saying "He's just struggling,which is quite normal. He'll be fine eventually".
Theo could feel the blood rise up to his face . Did Betty's mom just refer to him as good for nothing?
He barged into the house and grabbed the phone from her before she could process what was happening.
"Mariah!" He yelled into the receiver.
Betty tried to take the phone from him but he pushed her making her land with her butt on the cushion.
"Maybe it you didn't send your daughter out of the house , she would not have ended up with a good for nothing like me" he said clearly pissed.
"I'm coming for my daughter soon you asshole!" Mariah said.
"No one treats my daughter like trash" she added before hanging up.
He looked too stunned to speak , he was too furious to act .
Betty's butt stayed glued to the cushion with her face in her palms.
"Did you not tell me you and Mariah stopped talking" he fired.
"This is my mom we are talking about here , you might as well give her some respect" Betty fired back.
"Well we settled our differences" she shrugged .
Theo laughed " nice".
His tone was so sarcastic that it sent shivers across her body.
"that was why you told her about Anna?" his voice was low.
He didn't need a soothsayer to tell him that Mariah knew about Anna. It was obvious from the way she talked back at him.
"I needed to open up to someone , I don't even have friends" Betty eyed him
"you don't allow me make friends" she reminded him.
He threw his hands in the air angrily, short of words.
"You're drunk Theo , please let's talk about this tomorrow". She said trying to make him relax.
She walked towards him gently and attempted to help take his shirt off .
"You should go to the shower and..." she was saying.
"Drunk my ass. If your mother wants you to leave , then leave" he pushed her again , this time so hard that her butt missed the cushion. She landed on the floor and just stayed like that .
Theo had never gone physical with her before , it shocked her greatly.
He stumped into the bedroom and shut the door behind him.
Betty sent her mom a text immediately.
(You should not have spoken to him that way , you should not have spoken about him that way, he's only human .)
She screamed into her little pink pillow and cried uncontrollably.
Why did it feel like she's trapped in a shit hole , a shit hole that she loves to be in so much as long as it was with Theo.
Her mind drastically went back to the day she met him, he was sitting alone in a restaurant and at that moment she felt attracted to him . She walked up to him and that had being the beginning of their love affair .
Her mom was against their relationship and had sent her out of the house when she would not stop seeing Theo.
"That young man does not seem responsible, I tell you" her mom had said. "Peter is a better option"
Her mom wanted her to get married to Peter Anderson, her best friend's son.
Well what was the big deal about being sent out of the house ? She moved in with Theo immediately , after all they were in love or so she thought.
Her phone beeped. She could only stare at her mom's text but could not bring herself to reply.
(Whenever you're ready , come back home. Peter is still very much single, he just broke up with his Italian girlfriend, the one he dated when you were nowhere to be found. Perfect timing right? Get back here before he starts seeing someone new).
Betty rolled her eyes , she didn't care if he was single or not . She loves Theo and not Peter.
She had made a very big mistake by telling her mom about Theo's obsession with Anna , but she needed someone to talk to . She was going crazy , her mom was the only available listening ears that cared.
The thought of going back home had never crossed her mind and even if it did , she would dismiss it with immediate effect.
She touched her butt and flinched. She wanted to believe so bad that it was the alcohol that made Theo push her that hard but her mind kept replaying the way he had used all his energy to push her for the second time.
Fresh tears rolled down her cheeks, she cried until sleep stole her away.