Alpha's Unique Human Girl novel Chapter 31

the kitchen, ultimately taking his attention as to not burn down the entire house. He grunts before heading back into the kitchen, I look back down at the sheets of paper as I continue answering some dumb questions that I will never need to know the answer to.

I hear his footsteps once more and he emerges into the room again, placing a bowl of what looks to be tomato soup in front of us, I smile at the food choice, something I haven't had since I was a young girl, I remember my dad made it for us, my mom hadn't tasted a single drop of alcohol in years and Charity wasn't even a thought.

I don't even realize I have a tear falling down my cheek until I feel Titus wipe it away, "What's wrong?" He questions sitting beside me, placing a hand on my back, playing with the ends of my hair as he hunches forward looking at my face. "Nothing, just me being silly." He doesn't accept it, I know that much, but I'm saved by the bell when Charity starts a conversation with him, leaving me to nibble slightly on the buttered bread and take small spoonfuls of soup, My mind being clouded with memories.

I remember finding out mom was pregnant, I had been ecstatic, my father however, had just started drinking, he hadn't cared much, I remember my mother screaming at him countless times when he stumbled through the door with alcohol in his hands and the stench in his breath. I remember hearing him with other women and begging my mom to leave him but she couldn't, she loved him. So he did it for her. One morning we woke up to him being gone, his stuff had disappeared and all that was left was his wedding ring and divorce papers with a not that simply said 'sign and send' My mother had just given birth, she was depressed, a single mother with a twelve year old and a newborn to take care of, so she followed his path.

She turned to alcohol, She became the one walking through the doors at three in the morning with alcohol in her hand and a man from the bar next to her, I became the one to yell, I also became the only one who actually cared for Charity. I started taking. money from her wallet, placing it in places I knew she wouldn't look so I could use it for the groceries, I managed to befriend a kind, elderly woman who I lived near and she cared for Charity while I was at school.

My mother's appearances started becoming less and less frequent before they stopped completely, she was gone, I called her phone over and over, but it just went straight to voicemail, and I became a fourteen year old girl with a toddler and no parents, not that anyone knew that. I refused to even allow the chance of us getting separated into different foster homes, so, I hid it from everyone. Told them my mom was a night owl when they asked, or that she was at work.

"I've been alone for what feels like forever. I basically became a parent at 12. I'm just so tired of everything, I'm tired of feeling guilty for my parents leaving, I'm tired of having no help with her and her terrible twos stage never ended. I'm tired of living in a body I'm not happy with. I'm tired of everyone's judging eyes when I walk her to class instead of our parents. I'm tired, Titus." I feel his warmth around me as he bends, placing his arms around me.

"You are Beautiful, You are Strong, and you are the Bravest person I know." He whispers to me, "Titus, look at me, I trip over every little thing, I can't drive without being a threat to everyone on the road and in the car. I can't cook without almost burning the house down, and don't even get me started on how I look, Titus, look me in the eye and tell me you think that's normal." I rant, not expecting him to do as I said but he does, He places his hand on my cheek and stares into my eyes, "Your eyes are beautiful, tesoro, and you're clumsy, so what, who cares, it's adorable, you can't cook? Well that means you can't tell me off for treating you to a home cooked dinner and not being able to drive isn't needed when you're driven everywhere, which you will be, so you're fine."