t₩8nty 8 . Rena gets angry.
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I met Robby at 5pm.
He was on a black motorcycle this time.
" I had a f*****g s**t day, it was f*****g s**t. My damn mother came to the school and threatened the principle with a law suit if he didn't protect me.
I am so upset. How did she know I was being bullied. You are the only one I talked to about it!"
I took his bruised hand.
" I spoke with her, I'm sorry. It was me, I didn't think she was even listening as she was threatening my life if I ever spoke to you again.
It just came out when she said I couldn't see you again, I told her how bravely you defended her at school. That maybe I knew you even better than she did.
I didn't know she would bypass you and go straight to the school. I'm sorry, my hope was that she would comfort you."
" That's just great, now I can't even trust you. s**t!" He yelled.
" Well on the other hand your use of profanity has improved." I smiled.
" You don't get it, I thought you of all people knew how I felt."
I was feeling uneasy now.
" Why me of all people?"
" Because everyone f*****g hates your guts, even your own sister hates you.
Now I know why, you are a lying, untrustworthy f*****g b***h. You can go to hell. I'm telling mother that you called me to meet with me, you are so f*****g dead!"
I took a step backwards.
I could see he meant every word.
" Ok. Tell her. Let's call her now."
I picked up my phone and dialed her number.
" Rena." She said sounding angry already.
" I'm at the cemetary with your son, come kill me." I hung up and sat down next to my grandmother's grave.
Robby gave me his middle finger to consider as he jumped onto his motorcycle and reved the engine, driving away quickly.
" Well grandma, guess I'll be seeing you soon."
I sat there for a very long time.
Finally a brand new black SUV pulled up and stopped in front of me.
Rena got out. She adjusted her red power suit and took a small revolver out of her purse.
I didn't look up at her.
She aimed the gun and fired.
It shot the headstone behind me, making me jump.
I stood up and walked over to her, placing the gun to my head angrily.
" You are a very bad shot." I said.
" Actually, I'm an expert shot." She said.
" Where is my son?" She looked around her, putting the gun away.
" He took off on his motorcycle. He hates me. He won't be seeing me again.
But he threatened to tell you that I asked him to meet him here, so I called his bluff.
Nope, he still hates me, bad enough to want me dead. Damn, I didn't mean to rat him out. I was just worried about him at school."
" Oh, I took care of that, he won't be bullied again." She said smugly.
" Yeah, he blames me for ruining his whole life by talking to you. I guess you caught me, I agreed to meet him here."
I turned around and knelt down, pulling weeds by my grandma's grave.
" I'm not going to kill you. I see that you killed the relationship with my son all by yourself, you are such a winner."
I didn't look up. I just said,"You don't have any authority to kill me, we both know it's not happening, so don't be so full of yourself.
What kills me, no pun intended, you are the most beautiful ugly woman I've ever met in my entire life.
If only the interior matched the exterior you would be infamous."
Rena pulled her hand back to slap me. I faced her, knowing the sting of her slap already, I was prepared. I closed my eyes.
When I opened them she was walking back to her car.
I yelled,"Chicken, just do it. I'm ready for it this time."
She ran at me and landed on top of me.
She didn't slap me, she punched me, really hard this time.
I spit the blood out of my mouth. "That's it, you are weak like a small kitten?"
I taunted her to beat me real good, I never raised a finger to stop her.
She hit me again and again until I stopped talking.
I lay there moaning. I felt dizzy.
She got off me and straightened her dirty suit.
I somehow sat up.
" Your are very weak, that's all you, uh..that's it then, you got nothing else?" I taunted her again as I wiped my mouth. It was numb now, my speach slurred.
She ran at me and kicked me in the ribs, she stomped on my hand, breaking the skin. My wedding ring bent, crushing my finger.
She was breathing hard, I saw her trying to regain control.
I almost whispered to her then. I couldn't sit up.
" That's it, that's what Robby has been going through.
He doesn't need the principle to get involved, he just needs his mother to teach him these skills.
To choose to fight back, or not, when the bullies come at him like you do to me, he needs a defense.
You got this Rena, be a mother for him, not a legal counselor."
Rena stopped and frowned at me. She walked away, looking back a few times to see if I was truly done being an i***t.
I was. I got up and leaned over. I think one or more of my ribs were busted.
I walked back to my castle. I snuck into my room and took a hot shower. My body was riddled with bruises.
I dressed to cover my skin and snuck down to the library with my pillow and a blanket. I locked myself in that little room and hid myself away.
My phone rang. Orcas was looking for me. " I'm working on some stuff, I'll see you in a few days." I told him.
I couldn't let him see me all banged up from Rena's vile anger.
The next day he was there in that room, knocking on the door.
" Open it please." He said as he waited patiently.
I crawled, then stood. My breathing was ragged.
"I'm busy, I will see...ah, see you in a few days, please I need a bit more time."
I fell back and landed on the hard stone floor.
The door burst open.
" Why are you hiding in here?" He bellowed.
" I'm just processing a few things, no need to ah...be concerned."
My ribs were on fire.
" Processing, like what things." He asked.
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Orcas
I found her. I was so worried when she didn't come back from her meeting with Robby.
Robby said he never saw her.
I knew he was lying, I didn't know why though.
Then I thought about Rena's threat to kill her if she met Robby again.
Rena wasn't taking my calls, she was being very quiet.
I suspected something went on between the three of them.
Here she was now, lying on the hard floor.
I couldn't really see her though, it was pitch dark in this room.
I turned on my phones flashlight and shone it around the small chambers. It landed on her then.
She looked terrible, her face was swollen, bruised.
She had been beaten.
" I provoked her, it wasn't her fault or Robby's. It was me, you know how I can be a smart ass." She made excuses for my family nearly killing her.
I picked her up. She cried out.
I took her to my home this time. We rode in silence.
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