HeHe I know I went a whole chapter without Mort. How could I huh?
...Time Limits...
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She walked downstairs and into the dining room.
"Hello Lydia. Everything ok upstairs in your room?" Mrs. Arbor asked as she set the salad on the table.
"Oh yes it's great, thanks," Lyddie said with a smile. She sat down at the table and starred at the plate. There was a younger boy sitting across from her. She suspected it was their other son. Everything seemed too normal to Lyddie. It was as if they had never experienced heartbreak or loss. It was overwhelming.
"Here, have some ham," Mrs. Arbor put a slice of meat on her plate. "My husband won't be here this week so there's plenty to go around."
Lyddie nibbled at the ham and took some salad. Even though she was hungry, she didn't feel much like eating. Slowly she cleared her plate of its content. "It was delicious, thank you," Lyddie said politely and left the room to go back upstairs.
As she walked through the hallway, she noticed all the family pictures on the walls. It looked like they had one taken every year. She looked at how the two boys had changed from year to year. Her family never had family pictures taken.
She walked into her room and collapsed onto her bed. Tomorrow she would be starting school. But that wasn't her biggest concern of the moment. When could she talk to Mort? She really needed to right about now.
6:00
The alarm clock read. It was time to get up and go to school. She lazily walked to the bathroom, and turned the shower on hot. She took 15 minutes in the shower. It was relaxing, and she wished she could stay there forever. But she had to get out because it was time to put her plan into action.
She opened the bathroom door to see Stephen in the hallway.
"Good morning," he said with a cocky grin, "You take forever in the bathroom you know."
"I was taking a shower," Lyddie said as she walked past him to her own room to get dressed.
"I can see that," he replied and then went into the bathroom himself.
Lyddie dressed quickly. She put on a pair of jeans and a black hoodie. She pulled her hair back into a wet ponytail. She grabbed her backpack from the corner. She was going to a new school, so she didn't know exactly what to expect.
Downstairs, Lyddie helped herself to a bowl of cereal. It felt nice to eat in a quiet room alone. She needed a chance just to breathe.
"You ready to go?" Stephen asked as he grabbed his car keys off the counter.
"You're driving?" Lyddie asked confused.
"Well yeah, unless you want to take the bus," he said giving her a weird look.
Yes that's exactly what she wanted to do, but how could she tell him that she wasn't actually planning on making it to school today. She couldn't and she knew it.
"Yeah, if that's ok," she said while standing up.
"Suit yourself," Stephen shrugged and left.
Good he's gone. Lyddie thought to herself.
She slung her backpack over her should and went out the door. At the end on the driveway, she took a left. It was only a mile into the town. She had to talk to Mort, she just had to. She heard a car coming down the road. She turned around to see a black Oldsmobile coming down the street behind her.
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Sorry for the short chapter!!! I have to go so I can't respond to my reviewers right now! Can't be late for this meeting I have to go to.
...Time Limits...
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She walked downstairs and into the dining room.
"Hello Lydia. Everything ok upstairs in your room?" Mrs. Arbor asked as she set the salad on the table.
"Oh yes it's great, thanks," Lyddie said with a smile. She sat down at the table and starred at the plate. There was a younger boy sitting across from her. She suspected it was their other son. Everything seemed too normal to Lyddie. It was as if they had never experienced heartbreak or loss. It was overwhelming.
"Here, have some ham," Mrs. Arbor put a slice of meat on her plate. "My husband won't be here this week so there's plenty to go around."
Lyddie nibbled at the ham and took some salad. Even though she was hungry, she didn't feel much like eating. Slowly she cleared her plate of its content. "It was delicious, thank you," Lyddie said politely and left the room to go back upstairs.
As she walked through the hallway, she noticed all the family pictures on the walls. It looked like they had one taken every year. She looked at how the two boys had changed from year to year. Her family never had family pictures taken.
She walked into her room and collapsed onto her bed. Tomorrow she would be starting school. But that wasn't her biggest concern of the moment. When could she talk to Mort? She really needed to right about now.
6:00
The alarm clock read. It was time to get up and go to school. She lazily walked to the bathroom, and turned the shower on hot. She took 15 minutes in the shower. It was relaxing, and she wished she could stay there forever. But she had to get out because it was time to put her plan into action.
She opened the bathroom door to see Stephen in the hallway.
"Good morning," he said with a cocky grin, "You take forever in the bathroom you know."
"I was taking a shower," Lyddie said as she walked past him to her own room to get dressed.
"I can see that," he replied and then went into the bathroom himself.
Lyddie dressed quickly. She put on a pair of jeans and a black hoodie. She pulled her hair back into a wet ponytail. She grabbed her backpack from the corner. She was going to a new school, so she didn't know exactly what to expect.
Downstairs, Lyddie helped herself to a bowl of cereal. It felt nice to eat in a quiet room alone. She needed a chance just to breathe.
"You ready to go?" Stephen asked as he grabbed his car keys off the counter.
"You're driving?" Lyddie asked confused.
"Well yeah, unless you want to take the bus," he said giving her a weird look.
Yes that's exactly what she wanted to do, but how could she tell him that she wasn't actually planning on making it to school today. She couldn't and she knew it.
"Yeah, if that's ok," she said while standing up.
"Suit yourself," Stephen shrugged and left.
Good he's gone. Lyddie thought to herself.
She slung her backpack over her should and went out the door. At the end on the driveway, she took a left. It was only a mile into the town. She had to talk to Mort, she just had to. She heard a car coming down the road. She turned around to see a black Oldsmobile coming down the street behind her.
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Sorry for the short chapter!!! I have to go so I can't respond to my reviewers right now! Can't be late for this meeting I have to go to.