Chapter 1
"No! No! No!" Melinda Spencer cried as she jumped up from her chair in the kitchen.
Henry Spencer sighed.
"There is no way in hell am I ever going to see her!" She continued.
"She's your mother Mel, give her a chance," Henry said as he looked at his youngest daughter.
Melinda let out a loud scoff, "She's not my mother! There's a difference between giving birth and being someone's mother. I don't care what you say; I am not going to see her."
"Why don't you want to see her?" Henry asked.
"Why? Why Dad? You know why! She left me when I was just two months old! She left us Dad. She left you, me, and Shawn to fend for ourselves. I don't want to see her," Melinda ranted.
"It's too late; she's already on her way down here with Shawn," Henry said.
Melinda gasped, "What?"
"She's on her way here with Shawn," he repeated.
"Then I'm leaving," Melinda said before she headed towards the front door.
Henry jumped up after her. "No you're not; you are going to stay here and-"
"NO!"
"Excuse me?" Henry said.
"You heard me Dad, I said no. I'm not going to stay here while she's here," Melinda said.
Henry took a deep breath, "You are staying and that is final."
Melinda shook her head and opened the door.
"Hey Mel!" A young boyish man called out with a wave.
Melinda looked at him and beyond him was an older woman.
"Out of my way Shawn!" Melinda said as she brushed pass them.
"Melinda!" Henry called out.
She ignored him and left the yard.
"She doesn't want to see me does she?" The woman asked Henry.
Henry shook his head and let them into the house.
"I can't believe the nerve of that woman!" Melinda thought as she stormed away from her home. "And Dad knew better than to force me to see her."
She pulled out her phone and was about to press a speed dial button before she remembered she wasn't friends with this person anymore.
"What a fine time to ruin a friendship!"
She wished she could talk to Abby; she missed her best friend. A tear leaked out of the corner of her eyes and she roughly wiped it away. She looked up and realized where she was going. She was walking towards where Abby lived.
"I guess you're telling me something here," Melinda thought as she looked towards the blue sky.
She put her phone in her pocket and was about to look towards the apartment when suddenly there was a loud explosion that rocked her to her feet.