Shattered
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I explode. “Fuck that, Storm. Fuck it all. She is in a better place and resting. You know I can take that shit from Grams but not you, man. Not you.” Pointing to the room we left mom in I say, “She should be here with us. Me, you, Callum, Malachi, Genesis and Liam, not about to be worm food. What the fuuuuu…”
My air is cut off when Storm wraps his hand around my throat.
“I know you’re hurt, kid. I know you are mad and feeling lost, and that’s fine. I will tell you this only once, if you ever talk about your mother like that again, I will beat your ass.”
I try to push away from him. Fuck him. She is gone and not coming back.
“Stop fighting me, Man. I’m not the one you are mad at. Calm down and listen. We will figure this out together. I know the reason her and Liam were at Tyler’s.”
He pushes papers against my chest. I don’t look at them yet. I’m too mad, too hurt. No matter the reason, she was there. I should have protected her better. Mom’s death is on me. I’ll carry it with me forever.
I just want the pain to go away. I don’t want to feel it. But I calm down because I know that if I’m acting like this when I ask Storm to let me in on whatever he has planned for Tyler, I know he will say no.
“I know you don’t want to hear it, son, and I’m sorry this happened to you. Shit I’m sorry it happened to all of us, but we can’t fall apart. I love my sister but I don’t want her coming back to haunt me. If we fall apart and start the fucking blame game, she will haunt all of us.”
“What are we going to do about Tyler, Storm? We can’t let him get away with this. Mom is gone because of him. So tell me, what are we going to do?”
Storm steps back from me, he had let me go to push the papers at me but had never stepped away. “We aren’t going to do shit. You are going to look out for your brothers and sister, and when the time comes, I will handle Tyler.”
I don’t get a chance to speak, Callum comes from Mom’s room, and says, “Not alone you won’t. He killed our mother, we should get our payback. When the time comes and he is out and good for the gettin, we will all get him.” He holds his hands up when Storm tries to talk. “I’m not done,” he says. “When the time comes, we will be ready, and it will be you that makes us that way. Now I’m finished, well at least for now.” He then turns and walks away, not giving me or Storm time to answer. But Storm speaks loud enough for him to hear and it stops Cal in his tracks. Malachi, Genesis, and Falls have made their way out by now and are listening.
“Ok fuckers, but not Gen. You’re too young. We don’t know what will happen, how many years he will get. I want you focused on school. I don’t want you out there getting hurt.”
Genesis doesn’t like this at all and she lets Storm know.
“I know you want to keep me safe, and I love you for it but, Storm, when he gets out I’ll be older no matter how long he gets. I won’t be 13 forever. You could start training me now and I’ll be ready. But no matter my age or if you train me, when he gets out, I will get my revenge, even if I have to go solo. So really the only question is, will I get my revenge with you and all of your training or will I be going out alone and possibly giving you another body to bury?”
“Fuck,” Uncle Storm says. “That is not fair, Genesis. Your mom would want you guys safe. Why are you wanting to put yourself in the line of fire?”
“For the same reason you are. She was our mother. That bastard took her from us. We want to help to make him feel the pain that he gave her. He deserves no less.”
“You kids are going to be the damn death of me. Genesis, you are just like your mother. Shit. Fuck. Fine, you train with us too. Let’s go check on Liam and get the hell out of here.”
We all start walking but Storm stops, as a group we turn and see why he stopped. He is giving us his, “I’m not fucking around with what I’m about to say,” look.
“I have one rule. This is my show. You do what you are told and only what you are told. No cowboy shit. You understand me? If any of you go against what I say, I will lock you in my basement with bread and fucking water until Tyler is dead. Now is there anything I said that y’all don’t understand?”
We all shake our heads and say got it.
“Ok good. Training starts for us as soon as we lay your mom to rest. When Liam is up and around and is up for it he will join training.”
“Are you sure that Liam is going to want to, though? I mean, with everything that happened…”
Storm meets my eyes and says, “You try and stop him”
Storm turns his head to look at Falls. “Do you have anything to add or a problem with anything that I have said? You have been acting kinda funny so if you have a problem, you need to speak now. If you are going to try and stop me, you need to walk away now because I will not let you get in my way.”
“Nope, I didn’t hear anything but how hurt these kids are over losing their mother. But I will say that if you need any help or back up, you have mine and I mean that. The sooner the fucker is dead the sooner things can go back to normal.” Falls then shakes hands with Storm as well as the rest of us. To us kids he says “I’m sorry about your mom.” Then, just looking at Storm he says, “Y’all stay smart and call me if you need anything.”
Even though he wasn’t talking to me, I nod at the same time as Storm. We all head down the hall to see about Liam. This is the worst day of my life but I will walk out of here knowing whether or not my father will die.
I look down at the papers that Storm just handed me. She was free of him before she died. She freed us of him before she died. So, he isn’t my father anymore. That’s even fucking better.
The end
For now…….