All Chapters of Unapologetically Me: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

My mom was driving me insane and she has only been home a week. She was doing stuff and saying stuff that put me in a hard place with James and even though I knew it bothered him, he would just grin and bear it. She would nitpick on the different foods we kept in the kitchen. Yes, we had mostly junk food because neither of us cooked, but she didn't either and still complained about not having fresh vegetables or different flavors of pizza rolls and stupid stuff like that. When she wasn't complaining about food, she was walking around the house half-naked in a bra and a pair of shorts, and even though James didn't say anything about it, it was uncomfortable.She had disgusting habits like leaving half-eaten food in the fridge or sticking her hands in the cereal boxes. And she was a complete slob. Even though she hadn't resumed drinking, she left soda cans, water bottles, candy wrappers, and various other sh*t lying around the house like she was too lazy to put it i

My stomach was in constant knots. I couldn't concentrate on school because all I could think about was my mom. Where was she? What was she doing? Was she even alive?I looked for her after I dug all of her crap out of the dumpster and put it back in her bedroom. I didn't unpack it, because she wasn't going to stay. But I took it out of the trash because I couldn't stomach the thought of my mom living without any clothes or any of her stuff.But I was pissed too. I was worried and angry that she had left without a word and I was out looking for her at bars and countless other places because I couldn't do anything else without knowing that she was safe.A couple of weeks after she left, I checked in with her parole officer to see if she had shown up for her mandatory pee test and felt my heart drop when the officer told me that she hadn't shown up and that she couldn't reach her on her cell either.So automatically, if my mom dared show her face, sh

Everyday, I held out hope that my mom would pop up, just so that I knew that she was alive. I knew if she ever did show her face, she would have to go back to jail for breaking her parole, but at least I knew she was in there instead of lost and in the streets. We were so close to graduation now and while my grades had improved marginally, I was having to go in earlier for extra credits because I was so close to not being able to walk the stage. James was always the amazing boyfriend and would even do some of my assignments for me while I was at work. Today he was hanging around the counter, talking to me in between customers when a couple of women walked in wearing next to nothing, grinning. They were gorgeous and had no reason to be on this side of town. That's what was unusual about them. One of them had long, bleach blond, wavy hair and her face was made up with natural makeup. She wore a tube top with giant double d breasts a micro

The girls came back every afternoon and hung out with me for a little bit before leaving for work. That's why they were always so dressed up. Kimmy had a house nearby and Hayley lived with her. They were both students at the university, which surprised the crap out of me and James alike. Kimmy was going to school to become a registered nurse and Hayley was studying business. James usually tried not to stay too long when the girls would come around because usually they were scantily clad, but when he learned that they were going to school, he seemed impressed.They talked about their job a lot and not so subtlety hinted they would love to have me work with them. Kimmy was the one who got Hayley on with her when she met her at school."I have a gift for picking the rare gems out. Kade gets really happy when I get him a new girl.""And what makes you think I'd be any good at it?" I asked her one afternoon. James had gone out to get him and me some f

I was nervous as hell. I looked down at my outfit in the mirror and took a few deep breaths. My make-up was done and my hair was perfectly in waves. I smoothed my hand over my navy blue, v-neck A-line dress and blew out a breath.My heels matched my dress and when I turned to look at my backside, I liked what I saw. I looked good, but my insides were revolting. It was graduation day and although they said I could walk the stage, I was nervous that they had somehow made a mistake and I was going to be standing there, ready to be called up, but my name wouldn't be called.James came up from behind me and smoothed his hands over my breasts and then my stomach."You look incredible." I smiled at him through the mirror and looked him up and down."You don't look so bad yourself." He had on a pair of khaki slacks, black dress shoes, and a navy blue button-down, long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves pushed up to his elbows. His hair was brushed,