The next morning as Gemma tumbled and turned on the couch she had suddenly gotten a quick whiff of something that smelled nice which she had smelt before but a long time ago, with that she sat up on the couch rubbing her eyes and taking in the magnificent smell. She finally seemed to have remembered the smell and began walking to her kitchen only to see her dad making breakfast. She was shocked she stood at the door. "Wh...what are you doing?" she said with a hint of curiosity. "Is that how you greet your old man in the morning" he chucked as he placed two plates of omelets on her dinning table "sor...sorry I was just shocked" walking towards the table staring at both the food and her father curiously.
As she sat down, she started to feel her lips curl into a smile. "Did you make this all by yourself?" she spoke happily as she looked at the table being filled with many side dishes. "Yes I did, you have enough food in your fridge yet you are this skinny, I had to do something." Gemma started feeling a little bashful."Let's eat then." When she had taken a bite of the omelet, she noticed it was a little too salty, but the fact her dad woke up so early to make it she decided to push through.
Once done with breakfast, Gemma quickly put on her sweater and began heading out when she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. "Have a wonderful day,"the old man said as he patted her shoulder, and with that, Gemma began smiling like a child who had just been spoiled. "Thanks."
As she walked down the street smiling from ear to ear with a skip in her step, she had begun to wonder if they could become a normal family starting from that day.
As Gemma got to work she was confronted by her boss "Lil o Gemma what are you doing by this time I thought you had the night shift" he looked at Gemma curiously "well I do, but now I need more money I think I am going to have an extra mouth to feed" she said as she smiled to herself "you pregnant" the man blurted "No!!" Gemma replied shocked "then what is it you got someone living with you" he said looking at her like that's got to be the reason "well something like that" she said trying to compose herself from her boss's previous question. "Well, you can help with cleaning up and maybe serving tables" "thank you" she replied in return as she began walking towards the back to change when her boss suddenly added "I hope it's not some dumb boy who wants to mouch off you", "it's not" she reassured him giving him a soft smile.
As Gemma walked home with Joy in her heart and a skip in her step, she arrived in front of her house and gave it a knock, expecting her old mam to come greet her outside but instead her door swung opened, and she became worried and as she walked in she began calling out to her dad but was only relieved a reply of silence and in this she became panicked and rushed I to her room only to behold the mess her room had become. She looked around witnessing how her clothes where thrown around, glass shattered on the floor and things ripped apart. She was scared, but she became more scared when she noticed the loose floor board in her room was removed.
She quickly rushed to it only to find an empty lunch box. At the sight of that tears began streaming down her eyes, she couldn't believe he could have done that "No…. No...No!!!" she yelled
as she tried comforting herself.
Hours later Gemma had laid motionless in the middle of the whole mess staring into nothing, she barely even had more tears to cry. Moments later she finally stood up locked her front door and curled up into a ball on her bed clutching her pillow with so much passion as more tears stream down her cheeks.