The air was crisp in Yrefield most people were still in bed sleeping. But I was already up and running on the streets. I have a big match today so I need to be ready. I made it to the corner by the diner when I saw dad with someone, other than mom. He had her pressed against a car I didn't recognize. She looks my age! Some blonde with a purple streak through her hair. She had her arms wrapped around him and was kissing him. I hid. I couldn't handle this today. It felt like I ran back home in one breath.
I'm a junior in high school. I have straight A's and great friends. My mother had a heart transplant three years ago. Since the transplant she started having seizures. The doctors say it's because of the transplant but at the sametime her body isn't rejecting the heart. Mostly it's just mom and I at home. Dad's a lawyer and he travels for work all the time. He cheated on mom with a client 2 years before her transplant. She forgave him when she was in the hospital. But they were never the same after that. My mom may have given him a second chance but I didn't.
I took a shower and put on my tennis uniform. River Fork High. I put my hair up in ponytails on both sides of my face, adding blue and white ribbons to match the uniform. Grabbed my school bag and duffle bag I went down stairs and tried to miss my mom, Regnia. No such luck. "Good Morning Sweetie. I'll see you at the match. I don't think your dad will be back in town in time for it." mom said sweetly putting a plate of pancakes down. I smiled and sat down to eat quickly, then kissed mom on the forehead and grabbed my keys.
Life's finally normal again and I'm not gonna let my dad ruin that, again. I swung by and picked up the girls, Nina and Jane. " Hey Sophia! Where were you this morning? I know you didn't skip your morning run?"Nina says, jumping in the front seat. "No…I didn't skip…I came to the diner but something stopped me from going in…" I started to say. "Oh man did you see that old man frenching that girl too? It was so gross!?? HAHaHHA" Jane laughed. ".....yeah gross….that old man was my dad…" I explained. The girls stopped laughing.
We rode in silence till we got to school. Walking in, Nina asked "Did you tell your mom?" "WHAT!? OF COURSE NOT!? Her poor heart can't handle that. I'll deal with it." I said and walked away to my locker. We went through the day like it was any other day unaware that today's match would change our lives forever.
Finally the day was over so we went to the tennis courts. I was ready to vent some anger. We practiced for ten minutes before the school we would play against showed up. Arris High school. I'll never forget that name after today. We started with singles and everything was fine. I was handling my anger great. I won my match, 40:15. Now I was waiting for Brittany to finish so we could do doubles. I was laying on a bench with my eyes closed when a ratchet tapped my head. "Hey Murra You gotta use your left hand in this game." Brittany whispers. I opened one eye to find she had a black eye now.
I shot up. "WHAT THE HECK!" I shouted. "Calm down, I'm fine. Just use your left hand. Okay?" Brittany said, putting her hand on my shoulder. I sighed and nodded. While I was grabbing my other racket out of my bag Brittany told me about her match. Then we walked to the court. "Just don't underestimate the blonde with the purple streak." Brittany said as she got into position at the net. "What did you say?" I asked as I looked up and saw the girl my father had been kissing.
"OH SHIT!" I heard Lily and Jane say in the stands. I smiled and cracked my neck. "Brit it's time to play ball." I smirked just loud enough for Brittany to hear. Brittany responded by lowering her body out of my way. The ref said go and I hit my ball so hard it stuck in the fence. Neither girl could even see it. 15-love, River Fork. The game went on 30-love. 30-15. 45-15 River Fork. 45-30. Then we were switching sides and the blonde girl decided she had a death wish. "Come on let's hurry this along I have a date to get to!" The blonde said as she walked past me.
It was Brittany's serve. I turned to face her and whispered "I saw the blonde kiss my dad this morning." Brittany's parents are going through a divorce so she understood. She nodded and her ball nearly hit the girl. I smirked, looking at the girl and said "I think you're gonna be late to that date. Maybe he'll actually go see his family instead. I hear his daughter is an all-state champ. He wouldn't miss a match." We kept the game going as long as the ref would let us, by the end we had tied 4 times. I had stuck 5 balls in the fence and Brittany stuck 3.
"Alright that's enough it's getting dark so we're calling it a tie. Great game girls." The ref said, stopping the match. Even with a tie we won the game. As Bittany and I got our stuff together the blonde walked past and said, "I'm gonna go screw your dad now okay enjoy your win." And it's like something just snapped.
The next thing I knew I had hit her over the head with my racket, my $300 racket, I was on top of her bashing her face in. The cops were called. She left in an ambulance and I was arrested. Once I was in the cop car, a cop asked Brittany what happened? "....*SIGH*...."Sophia caught her dad kissing that girl this morning, I don't know any details but the girl walked passed and said 'ima go screw your dad now enjoy the win' and Sophia snapped.. You gotta understand Sophia's not a bad kid, she was just trying to protect her mom cuz she's not very healthy right now." Brittany explained to the cops.
The cops talked to everyone and got all the details they needed. Mom followed the cops to the station. She called her brother on the way. "HEEYYY SiSSS WHatzzz up!?" Nicklaus answered the phone. Regina tried to hide her tears and sniffles. She could hear the party in the background. "I'm sorry to bother you but um I need your help..." She started. Then the music stopped on Nicklaus' end "WHAT THE HELL DID HE DO!? WE'RE ON THE WAY!" Nicklaus yelled. *sniff* "I need the moving van…and a lawyer…Scarlett got arrested…..please I can't sleep in that house…*Snifff*..." Regina cried. "..It's okay Sis we're coming. You'll be out of there tonight." Nicklaus said before they hung up.
She walked into the station and an officer walked her to the sheriff's office. "If you'll wait here we're finishing up paperwork and then the sheriff will come talk to you." the officer explained. After a few moments the sheriff walked in. "Regina, how are you holding up?" the sheriff asked. "I've had better days Chad." *Sigh* "Yeah. Well good news Since Sophia is such an outstanding citizen she doesn't have to stay in here tonight. As long as you stay available if we call, she's good. Rebecca has some minor injuries. It really looked worse than it was." Sheriff Chad explained.
"So the girl's name was Rebecca..." Regina said. "Yes um We spoke with Edgar, he'll be staying at a hotel tonight." Chad stated. "WHAT!?" I shrieked, walking in the room. They both looked up at me. "He's Screwing a Minor but he gets to walk away and I'm the one that ended up in the handcuff!!??" I yelled. "We can't prove he's done anything at this point, it's your word against his. We have to be very careful about these kinds of cases." Chad said.
"You want proof, get the camera footage out front of the dinner this morning around 4 am, they were there kissing in the parking lot when I went for my morning run, I saw them." I spit. Regina's phone rang and she answered it completely zoned out 'Hello…..yeah I'm with her at the police station…..Okay see you soon…' "Mom, who was that?" I asked, stepping closer. I only now realized how pale she looked. "It was your uncle….he's on his w..…." mom replied, as she closed her eyes and leaned back.
"Okay I need some quiet. She's about to have an episode." I said as I removed her purse just in time for mom to start shaking. I had to lower her out of the chair and remind her it's gonna be okay. Chad was freaking out worse than mom. To be fair most people don't see people have seizures everyday. Once it stopped we laid her on the couch. I pulled her journal out of her purse and wrote down everything that happened.
After a few minutes I heard some officers arguing with someone. When I poked my head out I saw uncle Nick and a cute redhead. "How are you already causing trouble?" I asked, smiling. "ME? Will you explain who I am? I mean damn where's Chad when you need 'em?" Nicklaus asked. "It's okay guys this is my uncle and I'm gonna need his help getting my mom to the car." I laughed. The officers squinted their eyes at Nick but they let him and his friend through.
"She had a pretty bad episode after that last phone call." I explained as he hugged me. "You got her purse?" Nick asked picking up mom. I walked behind him to the car. He put mom in the back. I went for the driver seat but, redhead stopped me. "Oh hell no! I'm driving Dollface." he wink, as he slid in. Nick got in and I sat in the back with mom. "How did yall get here?" I asked, as we pulled out of the station. "We got dropped off. Now listen we gotta load up all yours and sis' stuff in the truck so we can get out of here." Nick responded.
And we did just that, we packed up all mom's and my things and emptied the house. Someone else drove Nick's truck, which was packed full. By daybreak we were done but mom had us stop at the bank and we emptied that too. I even had us stop at the second bank that I secretly opened and emptied it. Then we left town and as we did we passed the sheriff who stopped us at the city limits. "Look I'm not bringing you back to town as far as I'm concerned you were gone before I came out. Just don't be strangers okay. I'll call with details on the case. Joyce and I are gonna miss you two. Safe travels." Chad said before he walked away.