The Day I Listened to my Life Flip

Chapter 1

Forks, Washington

1992

The Swan House

Anna POV

"Charlie, you idiot!" mom yelled to dad.

Smash

"Renee, sweetie," he plead "c'mon, we can work this out."

Smash. This had been going on for six months. Dad always said his 'we can work this out line' usually right around the thirtieth name mom had called him. It usually ended there, so I let out a sigh of relief.

It didn't end there.

"No, we can't, Charlie."

What?!

"Look at us, Charlie!"

"What about us, Renee?" dad accused her.

"You're never around, you're always working. And when you are around, you are glued to the T.V!!!!" She took a deep breath and started again in a more even tone.

Phew, they're calming down…

"So tell me this, Charlie, is your job and the T.V. more important than us? Your family? Me and your daughter? You do remember Anna, don't you?"

Oh no, I don't want to be a part of this.

"So is this it then?" dad answered so quietly I had to strain to hear from the kitchen when they were in the living room.

More silence.

I was sitting under the kitchen table, but my head felt differently. My brain was spinning rapidly, all of a sudden, with thoughts that shouldn't have a reason to be in a three year olds head.

No, moms going to say no. why would dad even ask that? Why would he need reassurance? Why wouldn't mom say no?

Gasp

What if she didn't say no, what if she said yes?!?!?! No, she wouldn't, couldn't, do that to dad. She couldn't do that to me.

"I guess this is it then," mom sighed.

She still didn't say yes!

"Yes."

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

I stood up so fast I hit my head on the bottom of the table and left a bruise.

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Later That Night

Renee POV

I crept down the stairs carrying one big, black suitcase, and two little pink suitcases. I tiptoed back up to my daughter, Anna's, room.

"Anna, Anna. Wake up, Annabelle," I cooed that to her every morning.

"Momma?" she said lazily. "What time is it, Momma?"

"That doesn't matter right now. C'mon, lets go." I told her.

"Go," she almost shouted.

Not loud enough to wake Charlie. Nothing can ever wake him up…

"Go where?" Anna asked, cutting off my train of thought.

That's okay; I'll have plenty of time to think in the car.

"Not now, Annabelle. C'mon, be quiet, honey." I hated doing this to them. Well, her mostly, not him so much.

He deserved this.

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Anna POV

"Not now, Annabelle. C'mon, be quiet, honey." mom said harshly.

I couldn't understand what she was talking about, but that was the last I remembered of the day I listened to my life flip.

"Bella, Annabelle, honey. Wake up, sweetie."

"Where are we, Mom?"

"Welcome to Phoenix, Arizona, Anna."