Chapter 2:

I open the door and Matt looks up at me. "What the hell do you want Matthew?" I hiss as I walk out the door with my suitcase. He follows behind me not saying a word. I slide my suitcase into the trunk of my car and slam the hood down, looking into my brother's eyes. "I asked you a question Matthew…."

He sighs. "You haven't been answering my phone calls, my text messages, or my emails. I was starting to worry about you." he says looking down.

My blood starts to boil after hearing his response.

Flashback

"you're such a fuck up Jeffrey!" Matt shouts as we stand in my arguing. I'm so upset that I cannot even remember what we'd been arguing about. "I am not a fuck up Matt!" I shout back getting in his face. He shoves me hard, knocking me down. I stumble to my feet and slam him against my fireplace. "Don't you ever fucking talk to me like that again!"

He turns me around and shouts in my face. "You're such a little bitch Jeffrey, I can't believe you'd just stand there and let Savanna walk out with Ava like that!"

I shrug looking down. Why did I just stand there? Why didn't I try harder to stop Savanna?

"You're fucking worthless Jeff. You'll never amount to anything!" he shouts.

I get back into his face. "Shut the fuck up Matthew. You have no clue what it's like to be a father!"

He steps back and looks at me. "You'll never amount to anything unless you fight for it!"

"I AM FIGHTING MATTHEW! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I'VE BEEN DOING THE PAST THREE WEEKS!"

I'm snapped out of the flashback by Matt calling my name. "Jeffrey?"

"Why do you bother to pretend that you care Matthew? I'm a worthless loser that will never amount to anything… don't you remember? Those were your exact words!" I shout as I walk around the car, getting into the driver's seat. Matt puts his hand up, stopping me from slamming the car door shut. He looks down into my eyes with his deep brown eyes. "Jeff, don't go. I'm sorry… I wasn't thinking when I said those things to you. I wasn't thinking about what you'd just gone through. Please, just hear me out.." he says.

I look up at him struggling to hold back my tears

'If you truly cared about me matthew, you would have been there for me. You wouldn't have said those things to me. But instead of supporting me, you decided to pick a fight with me. Leaving me to stand and watch my world com crashing down around me, into a dark cloud of shame and misery. Thank you for the support Matthew! I'm glad to know how much you care!" I say realizing that I'm now shouting and have lost all control of my emotions. Tears pour down my face , I sit crying like a lost soul. Matt's expression grows even more concerned, he looks at me wide eyed and pulls me into an embrace.

I cry against his chest. He reaches around me, pulling the keys out of the ignition.

"Let's get you inside.." he whispers as he stands up and helps me into the house.