Chapter Six

Tina was fuming when she found out that Eva had been sent home early for fighting. She hated the fact that this would be a bad influence on her twins. They had always been so well behaved and Tina could see how happy that they were to finally have their big sister with them.

“Do you think this is funny?” She shouted at Tim and glanced at the clock to notice it was almost time to pick up the twins.

Tim shrugged his shoulder and stirred his coffee like it was no big deal at all.

Eva did not like the way that her stepmother had a huge problem with her being in their home. She wanted to make an effort.

“I will come along with you to pick up the twins?” Eva suggested but the look of horror on Tina’s face made her stifle a laughter.

Tim was certain that she needed to just lighten up a little, she was far to Snobby sometimes.

“No. I can manage.” She grumbled before stomping off to the car. She did not even say bye but Tim was not fussed about her right now. He would have words with his wife later on when it was the two of them.

Right now, he was more interested in making sure that his daughter was ok since he knew he had a lot of time to make up for.

She smiled across at him and he could not help but think how she looked just like her mother.

“Let’s make some dinner shall we? Corn beef mash?” He clapped his hands together and reached for Tina’s red and white apron that hung behind the door of the kitchen.

Eva raised an eyebrow in such amusement but when her dad turned the radio on and started doing embarrassing dance moves to George Michaels songs she could not help but join in. It was like everything else in the world had stopped apart from us.

“You are your mother all over.” Tim said

sadly. “I do miss her sometimes.”

“Then why did you leave us?” Eva shocked her father with this sudden outburst. Tim knew that she would be hurt and confused by what had happened in the past but he had his reasons at the time. Eva would not have understood but her mother knew. She knew the truth and as much as it had really pained them both at the time, he had no choice but to go. It was safer for them that way.

However right now, with his daughter staring at him waiting for some sort of explanation, he felt defeated. He was not sure how to answer her.

“I can't go into that right now, Eva but I promise you that soon I will explain everything to you.”

Eva froze and then got off the stool, she went up to her room closing it behind her. Throwing herself on the bed, she did it hold back the tears any more. Instead she let them fall freely. She was angry with him. Angry that he could not give her the any reason as to why this had had to happened. Perhaps if he had never left them, then her mother would still be here. She would not have had to move away from everyone and everything that she loved so much.