Memories
She was still fast asleep in her bed under the covers. The nurse had set up her heart monitor and all the other machines they had there by her bed.
"Don't you talk to me like that David! David look at me when I'm talking to you!" Her mother was walking across the room as he ignored her and headed for the door. "What do you want me to do Victoria? You've ruined this family. You're the one that broke it all into a million pieces."
Lara was tossing and turning in bed and her heart monitor started to increase.
Lara walked down stairs from bed hearing them screaming again. "Mommy…mommy I'm scared…what's happening mommy?" Her mother picked her up at the stairs and walked back to the kitchen where her father was. "It's okay honey, your daddy and I are just talking."
Her father was standing at the island looking at her. "But I heard screaming mommy. Are you calling Uncle Jason to take daddy away again?" Her father walked to them and took her from her mother. "No baby, no one is leaving anywhere tonight. Why don't you go back to bed so that me and your mother can finish talking." He kissed her forehead and put her down. Lara nodded and walked towards the stairs but stopped at the top and listened to them.
"For heaven's sake David, she's only four and yet she understands that every time we fight something happens to you or me." David moved closer to her and gripped onto her arm tightly. "Don't try and include her in this. Leave her out. This is between me and you! I will not feel sorry for you anymore. You don't even care about this family. You're always out with your so called friends. Who are they? Your male masseuse? The driver? Or maybe the pool boy? Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if our neighbor Alex is your 'friend'!"
"Don't you dare talk to me that way!" She was about to slap him when he stopped her. "You street whore." He said it so calmly and coldly. As if it were another name. "How dare you? Get out! I don't want to see you anywhere near my daughter!"
"Oh no! There is no way in hell I would leave you with my little girl. She's the only reason we're staying together. Marrying you was the biggest mistake I ever made." He walked out and stood outside in the front yard. "David! David! Don't leave me David!" Lara ran to her window and looked down to see what was going to happen. Last week her father drove off and her mother was crying and running into the street after him.
The nurse looked at her temperature and it was rising. Her forehead was sweating.
"David! Don't go this time, okay?" He turned to look at her and shook his head. "Vicky you have to change all this shit. I'm tired of coming home and only finding Lara with the maid. If I'm staying you're changing." She nodded, "Fine, fine. I'll change, but just don't go again."
He took a few steps back and looked at her. "You will do as I say and nothing else. You do not question you do not add on. You just do." She looked at him as if he were crazy. "Are you kidding me David? I am not one of you goonies that will do everything you want! I am your wife damn it!"
He walked closer to her and said in a low voice, Lara could barely hear it because her window was cracked open and could. "Our marriage is done with. You just made a deal with me meaning you are just another one of my people. I don't care what you think."
Lara ran to her closet and closed the door locking it. She started to cry harder and no one went to check up on her that night. She fell asleep in her closet crying herself to sleep.
Tears fell from Lara's eyes. She couldn't hold them back even in her sleep.
Lara finally woke up and she had a band aid on her hand from the needle that was put in her. She sat up and there was a plate of breakfast on a small table across the room. She stood up and looked at it. She felt sick. No way in hell I'm eating this. For all I know it's probably poison.
She got dressed and walked down stairs to find Lex eating at the table. "I thought you would still be asleep." She faked a smile and sat down across from him. "No, I didn't want to sleep too much. I wasn't sure if I'd wake up alive if I kept sleeping." Lex smirked at the remark and looked at his newspaper. "You think your funny don't you."
"No, I just think I'm realistic." She stood up and was about to leave when he said. "You know he's finally dating the girl of his dreams and we both know who that is." She was looking the other way and her mouth opened. Tears filled her eyes and she ran upstairs to her room and slammed the door shut.
Authors Note: This chapter is dedicated to a broken family. Not mine.
