She had started to drink heavily. She kept herself inebriated almost all the time. She had become her old self. The woman that did not care about time or place, but only if the bottle was full or not.
Day's or nights became one big blur.
Sydney and the others had tried to talk to her, tried to understand what had caused the sudden change.
But she remained detached.
The children couldn't believe the way she had reacted to delivery of her own children.
They mostly tried to stay away from her. But many of them couldn't understand why she just quit.
It was not in their own nature to quit......so they could not understand why their own mother......gave up.
Weeks passed as Green became worse with her habits. She had begun to take sleeping pills to help her sleep through the night. Unfortunately the effects of non sleep, alcohol, and drugs caused a reaction that none of them had ever seen.
She had actually gone down stairs that morning.
All of the children had stopped what they were doing to look at the woman.
"Hey Mamma!" little Kaitlyn said.
Green's eyes ran over the small little girl. Suddenly Green's eyes watered.
"Are you ok Mamma?" Taban asked sitting next to Kaitlyn.
Green shook her head from side to side.
"What's the matter?" Ulric asked quietly.
Green just continued to shake her head and suddenly began to laugh hysterically.
"I ruined my life for you............and I don't remember why." She stated through laughter.
The children became scared and wounded by her words.
Jamieson stepped forward to her mother.
"Leave the room right now.......before you say things you will regret and don't mean." Jamieson said to her drunken mother.
Green's laughing face turned to one of anger and hatred. She slammed her hand down with the glass of scotch on the table, causing almost everyone to jump.
"Don't you dare act superior than me. I'M THE MOTHER!! You are nothing but an experiment. A mistake that Centre made on my behalf." Green half yelled and half slurred out.
Jamieson had hurt in her eyes, yet said nothing. Jamieson turned to Francine.
"Go get Uncle Bobby." She ordered.
Francine who had been staring at her mother quickly rose and ran to find her uncle.
Green reached for Jamieson and held her arm in a painful grip.
"Don't tell her what to do. You keep your mouth shut. Just SHUT UP!!" She screamed into Jamieson's face as she began to shake Jamieson.
"MOMMY PLEASE STOP!!"
"MOM DON'T !!!"
All of the children we're yelling.
Green became out of control when she turned to the others, grabbing her ear's to block out the noise.
"SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP!!!!!!!" She yelled out. Then she grabbed the belt that dangled from one of the chairs and turned and lashed out at Jamieson.
The children began screaming at her. The scared voices of the children not registering in her head, as she began beating Jamieson.
Ulric and Quintin jumped on her and tried to make her stop....but she just turned her rage on them...as she was about to bring the belt down on them, Jamieson jumped infront of her Green to receive the blow.
Ulric and Quintin hugged Jamieson tight as they felt the blows their mother was giving her.
Breanna, Nia, and Avery began herding the children out of the room as fast as they could.
Ace, Ian, and Ayden tried to pry Green from off of Jamieson.........but it was to no avail.
Green kept crying out that it was her fault, as the belt buckle was starting to break through the fabric of Jamieson's shirt.
When Bobby ran into the kitchen hearing the yelling and crying he immediately jumped to stop Green. He yanked her back violently, and held her arms.
"STOPIT!!!!STOPIT!!!!LOOK WHAT YOUR DOING TO HER!!!!" He yelled into her ear with rage.
And it was as thought Green was awakening from a nightmare.
As her eyes took in the sight before her............she felt like vomiting.
Jamieson's back was riddled with blood and slash marks........but not all had been made by the belt.
Jamieson's back was covered with old whip marks and scars. She couldn't see one piece of untouched flesh.
The belt had caused some of the old scars to break open again, causing a puddle of blood to pool on Jamieson's back.
Green let go of the belt and covered her mouth with her shaking hands as tears streamed out of her eyes. The sight penetrating through the drunken haze she had been in for the past few weeks.
Ulric and Quintin cried still as they tried to hold up Jamieson as she was weak from the pain of the beating. She was still conscious. She had not yelled out.........or pleaded with her mother.
Ulric and Quintin had watched her face become void of expression as she shielded them from their mothers blows. They watched in horror as Jamieson's eyes stared at the ground devoid of any emotion as tears trailed down her face silently.
As Ace, Ian, and Ayden recovered from the ordeal, they ran to Jamieson. They slowly helped Ulric and Quintin to put Jamieson off of them.
As D'Artagnan ran into the kitchen he saw why he could hear the screams from the tree house.
Jamieson's frame slumped forward the hold of Ace and Ayden's grasp.
D'Artagnan's eyes became enraged in a way none of them had ever seen. Tears ran down his face as he ran to Jamieson.
"I'm here sis. I'm here. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have left your side. I should have been protecting you." He cried to Jamieson as he caressed Jamieson's face and pushed back her hair that had stuck to her face due to the blood that had flowed down to her face.
Ace and Ayden watched, with tears still streaming down their faces, as D'Artagnan carefully pulled Jamieson away from them and up into his arms as he cradled her like a baby.
Ace, Ayden, and Ian moved aside from Bobby and Green's view.
Green watched as D'Artagnan held Jamieson in his arms and cried over her as he whispered things to her. Jamieson's expression had become blank, as if in a catatonic state.
But as D'Artagnan's gaze fell upon Green, a rage that she had never seen in her life........masked her beautiful boy's face.
Bobby held onto Green tighter............knowing that D'Artagnan would do anything to vindicate his sister. It was the same feeling that Bobby had felt all those months ago, when Green had asked for his help.
At the moment though......he felt complete disgust towards her......the need to avenge his daughters beating tearing at him......but he knew that Green wasn't in her right mind.
"If you ever touch her again.........I'll kill you." D'Artagnan whispered out with a voice that caused Green a shiver to run up her spine.
Before D'Artagnan turned away from Green's gaze......something happened that caused recognition of something. She didn't know what though. But as D'Artagnan turned away.........his left eye flashed purple.