chapter 7

Jessica's PoV. 

I crept downstairs to listen to my mother's conversation with Nate. I didn't want to believe that she was about to tell him something that I was completely unaware of. 

It was something that I had decided on a long time ago, it had made me very careful, but not only that, it's also made me very skeptical about accepting any one into my life. 

I was also concerned to hear what my mother wanted from a boy that didn't even recognize her as someone. 

He had called her nothing if I had not stepped in. 

"I know that you and your father have a lot of friction due to differences in character and what not but, I am pleading with you that you should be more understanding and tolerant to him. It's going to be hard but trust me when I say you are going to enjoy letting him in. He is not the monster that you think he is. I know that I'm not in the best position to start telling you what you already know, but I also believe that you are not a monster like you tried to act." 

Nate looked at her for a minute, shaking his head slightly. "I would have believed everything that you have said if not for the fact that I know that you're just trying to get me to abide by my father's rules. Sadly it's not going to work, he needs to give me sufficient reason why I need to be under the same group with a woman that is not my mother after killing mine." He spat, his muscles flexing as he said those words. 

My eyes widened in shock. Of all the things he could accuse the man of, this was the least and I couldn't even deal with the problems. 

I had more than enough reason to start worrying sick about other things but I banished that to the bank of my mind forgetting that it ever existed. 

"No way, no way am I going to allow you to speak about your father in such a light when you do not even know what happened." My mother countered him. 

"And you do?" He barked out a laugh. 

"I am pretty sure that you could not even look at the line and you allowed him to feed you with whatever nonsense he thought was right. I don't even care about your opinions as much as you think I do because I know that it is nothing to reckon with." Nate slammed her. 

I was mad at his audacity, but that wasn't even enough to push me away, forecast on how I would make the best out of this situation. He was battling with something that he didn't want anyone to be private to and I didn't understand it. 

There were many people who had come so far to make my mom feel like the worst person on Earth but this man took the cake and he was doing it deliberately. 

I hated the fact that my mother was sucking up to him and trying to make herself look like a good parent when she could have just brushed him off. 

"You are misunderstanding everything and you do not even want to listen but I beg of you, if you're going to be abiding under my roof, there are a few rules and regulations that I would like for you to abide by. It's not going to be easy, but I tell you that it is worth it and you would never have to worry about anything else." My mother bargained.

Hearing my mother try to make this voice see the good side of her was nothing short of annoying to me because it just made him feel like he was on top of the world and that was not even true. 

He hadn't even scratched the surface of the world so how was he acting like a sour puss?

"I don't like people trying to make Media friends because honestly you and I are nothing short of enemies and it would never change no matter how much you try."

I wanted to go over and smack him across the face but realized that I would be doing too much. The best way to deal with such people was to pretend that I did not even care or hear what had been said. 

"You are too pompous for your good, and trust me when I say it's going to be your downfall. I noticed that you have some animosity towards my daughter. Can you promise me not to get closer to her so that she can do her thing and just get away with it?" 

The fact that such questions were and not proof to send me into a frenzy was enough reason for me not to respond because I knew that Nate would tease me sore. 

It was something that he was good at and the full will never let me live it down. I was sure that he was having the time of his life after that request had been made. 

I wasn't a weakling that neither people begged on her behalf. My mother must have thought that she was doing me good but instead she had just made me a subject of ridicule. 

I stamped my feet on the stairs pretending like I was just descending and she stopped speaking. 

Coming out to where they could see me made him bust into laughter. 

"Here comes The Golden child that needs to be protected. I hope you are ready to accept me being in your house after enjoying the privileges that come with being involved with  my father?" 

"Obviously not, I didn't think that you were going to be happy to see me. How about you? Are you ready to enjoy the privileges that I have enjoyed the past few weeks?" 

His eyes grew stormy. “Of course only you would think that way because you do not have a life outside being your mother's daughter.” He retorted.