Early in the morning, Emily came out of the closet only to hide under the covers of the bed.
"I see you decided to leave the closet" Max remarked gently. "I'll see that Jordan gets to school."
"Is mommy sad again?" Jordan asked as she poured herself some frosted flakes.
"She's resting sweetie."
One day in September, Emily spent woke up with rage. So, she roughly opened some drawers in the bedroom dresser, and angrily threw out all the clothes on the floor. Then she went to the kitchen and broke some plates over the edge of the counter. When she went to pick up Jordan, the woman exhibited road rage.
"Drive faster asshole!" she screamed at the driver in front of her while honking hard.
"Ouch!" Jordan yelled when she got home. The girl tended to walk around the house barefoot and had gone to the kitchen for a snack.
"Baby? Are you okay?" Emily rushed to her daughter's side, took out the glass in her foot with a tweezer, and cleaned up the kitchen.
"Why are you just sitting there?" She yelled at the child a while later as Jordan watched T.V. "Don't you have homework?"
"It's Friday." Jordan argued.
"I don't care!" Emily growled as she roughly lead the girl to the kitchen table by the hair. "Lazy child! I never get to see your father because he has to work to keep you in Catholic school! And here you are, just sitting on your ass, watching television!" With that, the woman went to shower, leaving Jordan in tears of sadness and guilt.
Just then, Max came home.
"What's wrong sweetie?" he asked Jordan, noticing the tears and red eyes.
"I'm sorry daddy" the child sobbed. "I promise never to be lazy again!"
Max gently hugged the girl. "You're one of the best students at St. Inez!"
"Mommy says I'm lazy cause I watch T.V."
"She's didn't mean it hon. Mommy's just in a bad mood" Max knew the Emily was in one of her angry phases. He wanted to take Jordan out for ice cream, but worried that his wife's anger would get more destructive. "Let me see how mommy is doing." He gave the child a kiss on the head.
TBC
