‘I know I said I’d be strong, but I can no longer feign strength, not even for Jake. I’ve tried to be a good mother to him, but all I’ve been doing is making everything worse for him. I’ve proven to be useless over and over again, scarring him. I don’t feel like his mother, I feel like his burden.
“Did she really kill herself?” Jake marched over to where Delilah sat, hauling the book out of her hand and throwing it across the room. “No, I killed her! Why’d you read it? Why’d you touch my f*cking stuff?!” “I…I was curious and even after reading it all, I still am. I feel so sad for her, I wa
Delilah let go of him, stepping back and away. “It’s late, I’m going upstairs as you ordered.” She turned to walk away, but his feeble attempt at holding her back, stopped her from walking away. “Wait…I-I have something to say.” She turned back to face him, those brown eyes staring at him with litt
The omega came with breakfast a little after that. The table was full, and yet, he was the only one sitting in front of all the god damn food. Delilah didn’t come back down since she went up, it seemed her hate for him had multiplied even though he actually did nothing this time. Standing to his fe
“I wasn’t…I didn’t throw a tantrum, quit talking to me as if I weren’t the man you were scared to breathe around.” “You don’t seem so scary anymore.” She grabbed the fork, tearing at one of the eggs. “I mean, you are scary when you get all serious, but after last night, I’m not really scared of you
He reached across the table, hand reluctantly covering hers that resided over the cube. “You asked me earlier about why I cared if you eat and though I’m not entirely sure, I know for whatever reason, I-I like you…and I’m willing to change; for you…if you only allow me to. We started off on the wron
“I was busy, had some things to sort out…and there’s barely anything to do there anyway.” “Neil sent a letter, he finished his mission, he’ll be back in two days…well one, since a day has already passed.” “Did he mention if anybody died?” “No, it was probably a hassle for him to do even that…f*ck
The walk was quiet, awkward…he said he had something to say and yet ever since they left the house, he hadn’t even opened his mouth. He seemed to be contemplating something, thinking deeply…and he wasn’t looking at her. His deep, dark eyes stared at the woods in wonder, leaving her to awkwardly do