"Baby, it all comes back to haunt you, in the end. Baby, it hurts the most, when you don't have a friend. Now you don't know who you can trust, and now you're stuck, on the wrong side of the fence. Baby, it all comes back to haunt you, in the end." ~In The End (Nick Jonas)

Chapter 10

I went up to my room soon after that. I needed time to think, and be alone.

What my mom said was true. Even thought I didn't make the talent show, she was still proud of me. And my dad was proud of me, too. I knew he was watching over me everyday.

I took a break from singing for a while. I just didn't feel up to it. My mom understood. She never asked why. I spent a lot of time in my room, just looking out the window.

Thinking. Thinking about my dad.

Why he had been cursed with such bad luck, and why his life had to end so soon, in such a tragic way. How it had affected my life, growing up without a father figure. How strong my mother must be to carry on without him.

School continued to torture me. Posters for the talent show were everywhere, mocking me and the fact that I didn't make it. A few people teased me about it, but it didn't last long. I didn't care.

I went home one day missing my dad more than ever. I wanted to hear his voice. So I went online and searched him on YouTube. For hours I sat there, watching video after video. I didn't even hear my mom come up behind me.

"Oh, honey." She sat down next to me and hugged me quietly. Together we watched my dad for a while more. Then she spoke again. "I want to show you something."

She pulled up a video and hit play. A spunky redhead dressed in all black appeared on the screen, laughing. I gasped when I heard the voice. "Mom, that's you!"

At 18 years old, my mother was gorgeous. Beautiful figure, wonderful personality. I don't blame my dad for falling in love with her. I listened to the video intently.

"Do you regret anything you've done so far, Allison?"

"No," she answered confidently. "I have no regrets. It was such an amazing experience and I loved every minute of it."

The video ended and the screen turned to black. "That was recorded two days after I was eliminated," she told me.

I couldn't believe it. "What?? How??"

She laughed. "How what?"

"Mom, you had just been kicked off one of the best singing competitions ever. And you were.....happy."

"Yeah," she answered. "Because I was proud. I knew I had done my best. It doesn't matter who finishes where. I was happy."

I thought about this for a while. My mom was confident she could do well because she knew she was a good singer. It didn't matter that she placed fourth. The world still loved her.

And she was right. A world famous celebrity as of today. She couldn't be more successful.

I couldn't help but think that maybe someday I would be, too.

Sorry for slow updates!! I have a little writer's block on both this one and eternal revenge. I will do the best i can!!!