Sorry for leaving you all but I had a lot of college apps and exams. Anyway here ya go! And for those who didn't know already Aba is Hebrew for father and papi is Spanish for daddy…I think, correct me if I'm wrong.
Ryan regained conciousness about an hour later. He told Mark everything from getting fired from his job, to dealing drugs, to getting beaten up over a few pills.
" Ryan why did you do it?" Mark asked
"I didn't want you to get mad at me for losing my job, I know you were gonna complain about me not pulling my weight and all…."
Mark sighed, he knew his son had a point, "Look I know I've been a bastard recently but it's only because I don't know what do to. You and Ria are going to college, Glory needs glasses, and I can't do it alone."
"Well, we didn't mind helping but all you did was pull us out of our clubs and drag us to get jobs. Why don't you let Glory's friends over? She really should be hanging out with other kids and she seems to really be happy with them. Krissy's mom and dad know all about us, we met them when we first got here and so do Ellie's parents. I just don't think she needs to be head on when this gets worse." Ryan said
"You're right, and I want to talk more about this when we get home. The doctors say you should be able to go home soon, there wasn't any major damage and they'll put your leg in a cast." Mark added
A few hours later they headed out of the ER and back home. Ria had cleaned up and made dinner for the kids. When Ryan and Mark came home, everyone was surprised to see Ryan on crutches.
"What happened to you?"
"It's a long story, I'll explain later" Ryan sighed as he hobbled over to the couch. Roger had felt a little better and was watching "Behind the Music" while Noelle was occupied with watching Kyle and Rachel play with Glory. Mark came into the living room and sat down, much to Roger's dismay.
"Took you long enough to get home"
"I'm surprised you noticed…with that thick head of yours." Mark sneered
"Well sorry I'm taking so long to croak! But I guess you'll be next along with the kids working to death since I'm such a burden!"
"What the…? Ever since last year, this is all you do! All you do is sit around the house all day, playing your guitar and WHINE!" Mark went on as this fight got louder. Just then, Glory ran into her room and slammed the door.
Ria sighed, "NOW look what you did!" she said walking into the kitchen with Rachel and Kyle. "I already brought her home, you deal with this now"
Mark and Roger went into Glory's room and found her in her closet, holding her teddy bear crying.
"Glory what's wrong?" Mark asked full of concern, for the first time over his youngest child since Roger and Ria were closer to her.
"Y-you k-keep fighting…a-and it-it's my f-f-ault!"
"What? Why would be fighting about you?"
"I-I heard you and p-papi fighting a-about me b-because I t-told Krissy she couldn't come over because papi was sick."
Mark's heart sank. He now realized that this controlling behavior he forced onto his kids was destroying them. His son could have been killed because he felt like he had to support them, his step-daughter practially became a mother at eighteen while dealing with her own health issues, and now his daughter was terrified in her own house. Roger gave him a look as if to say "See what your dumbass caused?"
Mark sat in the tight little closet with Glory, "Look I know I shouldn't have gone crazy and made you kids spoil your fun. I'm just a little worried about some things. But I'll try to do better. I just don't know about your friends coming over because the other parents have been really rude to us."
"That's only because they heard it from Mrs. Thomas."
Roger looked up at that statement, "Who's she?" he asked
"Another kindergarten teacher at school, I heard she used to teach at Ri-ri and Ryan's school back in New York."
"What did she say to the other parents?"
"She told them not to let their kids play with me because I was bad and came from a dirty family."
Roger was now furious, "What else did she say?"
Glory sniffled a little, "She told the other parents that I didn't know right from wrong since I didn't have a mommy, a sister who was a slut…I don't know what that means but it sounded bad, and that she knew what Ri-ri and Ryan did."
Roger and Mark were a little nervous. They knew that Glory understood that their family was unorthodox but they never thought that they would have to explain why.
I thought of this a few nights ago and thought about adding it in. Even though it would be very unlikely that someone they knew would live in the area again, I thought it would give the story more edge. I might rewrite some of this because I'm running out of ideas. R&R! I should be updating soon.
