Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Kissed My Bully: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 38

RAINThe only time I've not cried in the last two days is when my son is in my arms. I read somewhere that babies can feel energies and I don't want my baby to feel the rejection and the heartache I feel. My grandparents left and they did not come back. They really want to abandon me like they abandoned my mother.A nurse comes in smiling. She's new but she has been nice to me since she came in this morning."Hey mommy." She greets. "I'm getting the discharge form ready, who is picking you up?""No one. I'm discharging myself."Her smile falls but she recovers quickly."That's alright. Do you have somewhere you're going to?" She asks.I see it in her face. If I say no, she'll try to help me. Probably put me in her house till I find a place but I don't want to do that to a stranger. I can't burden her with this."Yes, I have an apartment.""You do? You're not eighteen yet.""I'm emancipated." I say.It's not true but it is better than saying I've been disowned. She smiles and finally l

XAVIER Twelve years later.If this cake falls, I'm going back to bed. That's all I can think about as I light the candles on my son's birthday cake. I made sure to tell the baker everything he's into these days because he's becoming less into birthdays and birthday cakes and I want this to feel cool.Maybe I should have just told her one thing. The cake is hideous. The blue is too bright and it's a jumbled mess of cars, video games, planes and swords. I don't want to give this to Jonnie but I don't want him to have a reason to decide that birthday cakes are done. If I don't take this cake to his room now, we won't do it next year.I carry the cake gently and start going up to his room. Other parents might wait untill morning to sing birthday songs and cut cake but Jonnie and I have a tradition. We do it the minute the clock hits 12. I push his door open and sigh when I see him hurriedly put something under his pillow. He pretends he's just waking up and gives me an expression that o

RAINAt this point, I think I'm ready to loose my job and start life somewhere else. Doing this might be the hardest thing I'll ever have to do but I need to do it. For me and for my son. I would have gone to his office but he called off work today.I drive up to the gate, roll down the windows and push the button at the gate and a security comes out."Tell your boss someone from the D. O. D is here to see him."I figure it's better than telling him his son's mother finally showed up. I have to make this quick. Jonnie might be home anytime soon and while I am prepared to face Xavier, I don't know what I'll say to Jonnie. I need to prep better for that.The gate opens and I drive to the house. After I left Dave's house, I cried in my car. Today is Jonnie's birthday. I forgot that his birthday is today. Maybe this is my punishment for forgetting.The door opens when I come down from the car and I smile at the house keeper who opens the door. She leads me to the living room."Mr. Bishop

XAVIERThe phone rings and I make a dive for it, hoping that it’s Jonnie. I’ve been calling for the past two hours and he’s been ignoring my calls. My disappointment is instant when I see that it's Derrick.“What do you want?” I ask, irritated.“Wow, it's a good thing I didn’t call because of you, isn’t it?”I take a deep breath and cuss out loud. I don’t mean to put my frustration on him but I’ve had a strange day and I’m still trying to process everything.“I’m sorry, what’s up?”“Is Jonnie okay? I called earlier to find out how his party was going and he didn’t answer. He sent me a text that he didn’t want to go to the party anymore but I was in a meeting that I just came out of. I've been trying to call and he isn’t answering.”“I think something happened in school that upset him but he’s back at the party now.”“What in the teenage confusion is going on? Did you try to find out what happened?”“I couldn’t. He walked in the house, saw his mum and left again. I’ve not been able to