He Is King novel Chapter 8

"I know Reece, I miss her too." Margot responds, her voice still soft and her hand still patting my hair, letting it leave small gentle strokes on my head. Whenever I get like this, the only person I run to is my sister. She can be hard on me, but I know she loves me and that she'll always be there for me. "Should I just order Pizza and we can watch a movie till 1 am." She offers but I shook my head instead.

I pull myself away from her and tuck a piece of hair behind my ear. I give her small and say in a nasal tone, "Let's go down and make some pizza."

"With pineapples?" She suggests and cringe.

"That is disgusting Margot." I roll my eyes at her, stood up and walked to the kitchen. "Are you coming or not?"

Maybe a movie would have been a great idea. I notice Margot looking more distant than I was. She was kneading the dough and I was making the pizza sauce on the stove. Carefully, following the tutorial on YouTube. I wanted to go get my phone so we could at least listen to music b-

"I know you blame yourself for mom leaving..." Margot says, her words slicing into my chest.

"She made her decision, she left. But that's not on you. It's on her." She says but all I do was choose to ignore her. "You know that right?" I sigh, nod my head, and take the sauce off the stove.

"But I can't help it, Margot." I whisper, leaning on the counter. I watch her cover the dough and put it aside to rise.

"Well, you need to stop." She says in a firm tone.

"How?"

"I don't know, stop thinking." She airs her defence and I scoff.

"I'm not the one that got 5 good years with mom! So don't tell me, how I should and should not think!" I scream at her. A thin layer of glass forms over my eyes and I cross my arms. "Dad isn't even here. He hates me-

"No. he doesn't-