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Chapter Seven

The sunlight streamed through a gap in the curtains, Abby opened her eyes and carefully got up from the sofa, trying not wake Carter. She tiptoed from the living room and quietly shut the door before stretching.

She closed her eyes and reached up to the ceiling, sleeping on the sofa; no matter how expensive it was, was not comfotable. "Jesus christ..." Abby exclaimed seeing one of Carter's maids stood there polishing. Sierra quickly spun round, looking just as shocked to see Abby standing there. "Sorry I never saw you there."

"No its okay Miss Abby." Sierra replied. "Sorry I frightened you. I get on now."

Abby smiled at Sierra, she kind of felt sorry for her, she had came to America from Mexico in hope of a better life. But Abby couldn't see how cleaning for some rich guy was better, but then who was she to judge her own life was screwed up.

Sighing she started to make her way upstairs. Quietly opening the door to the room her daughter was sleeping in, but Abby was wrong to think she was asleep.

"Don't jump on the bed." Abby said closing the door. "If your Uncle John see's you doing that, you'll be in trouble."

"No Mom, it's okay." Emily said as she bounced into a sitting position, trying to catch her breath. "Uncle John does it too."

Abby opened up her bag and took out her deodorant, hair brush and her toothbrush. "Okay well go careful then, I'm just going to get dressed. I'll be right through here if you need me. Okay?" Abby said pointing to the ensuite bathroom.

Emily nodded her head and stood back on the bed and comntinued jumping, her chestnut curls bouncing rhythmically.

Ten minutes later Abby emerged from the bathroom, and Emily was still jumping up and down on the bed. "Aren't you tired yet?"

"Nope."

"Okay. Well do you wanna get dressed?"

"Nope."

"Want some breakfast?"

"Nope."

"How about some icecream?"

"No..." Emily stopped what she was doing and got down off of the bed and went over to her mother. Looking up to her she said; "Can I really have icecream?"

Abby bent down to her Emily's eye lever and clasped her tiny face in her hand. "Nope."

"Awww Mom! No fair." Emily laughed

"I know." Abby laughed. "Come on lets go and get something to eat." Abby took her daughters hand in her own and went out into the hallway.

Emily hopped from one foot to the other.

"Walk properly."

"I can't the floors too cold."

Abby looked down at the marble flooring and then to her daughters bare feet. "When did you get red nail polish?" Abby asked lifting her daughter into her arms.

"Sierra did it for me ages ago. It was when you were sick." Emily replied looking down at her toes.

"Very pretty." Abby realized that up until just then that was the first time she hadn't thought about Richard or what he had done to her.

Abby went into the kitchen and placed Emily on a stool.

"Where's Uncle John?"

"Still sleeping." Abby said opening up various cupboards to find something that they could eat.

"Mom its in that one there." Emily said pointing to the cupboard next to the sink.

Abby opened it up and found an assortment of cereal boxes. 'For a single guy he sure has a lot of cereal.' Abby thought. "Okay squirt what do you want?"

"Fruit loops." Emily replied sucking on the end of her hair.

Abby poored the cereal in a bowl for her daughter adding the milk then placed it infront of Emily with a spoon.

Abby sighed and sat next to her daughter eating out of the box, she had no clue what to do next.


"Aunt Susan!" Emily cried as she went running into Susan's arms.

Susan lifted Emily up into her arms and looked at her in complete amazement. "Where's Mommy?" Susan follwed the direction of Emily's point, she breathed a sigh of relief seeing Abby stood there. "Oh my God Abby! Your okay."

Abby smiled "Of course I'm okay, I'm a big girl now Susan. I can look after myself."

Susan put her arm around Abby's shoulder. "So did you come back because you knew how under - staffed we were today? Could you sense my anger? Or was it just that you missed this place so much you just couldn't wait to get back?" She laughed.

"You wish." Abby replied.

Carter came in right behind them, Susan looked back and forth from Abby then to Carter then right at the little girl she was holding in her arms.

"We're staying with Uncle John."

Susan gave Abby a cheeky grin as they all made their way into the lounge. Emily wriggled down from Susan's arms and ran over to Carter. "Can I come and help you today Uncle John?"

Carter bent down to her eye level. "Not today sweetie, I don't think Mommy's planning on staying."

"No Mommy is not planning on staying!" Abby laughed. "I just came in to say hi."

"You can't stay for just one coffee?" Susan asked tilting her head to the side.

Abby mimicked her friends actions. "Okay, but just one."

After ten minutes Susan had to go back to work, leaving Abby and Emily outside in the cold.

"Okay where do you wanna go?" Abby asked wrapping her scarf around her neck.

"Home." Emily replied. "But I mean Uncle John's not the apartment." She added quickly.

Abby stroked the back of her daughter's head. "Okay, well lets go to the store first and get some things."

Abby and Emily made their way across the street and into the Jumbo Mart, the warmth hit them as soon as the entered. Abby instantly took off her gloves and started to rub her hands together and try to get all feeling back into her fingers. "Okay honey you go and find some candy or something, I'm just going to get us something to eat."

Emily scurried off in one direction as Abby headed straight towards aisle 7, where the liquor was. She picked up a 12 pack of beer and quickly went over to the counter to pay for it before Emily could see what she had bought. Abby smiled nervously as she handed over her money, as if the whole world knew about her drinking problem and somebody was going to tell on her. But the shop assistant carefully placed the beer into a bag and handed it to Abby along with her change.

"Whats that?" Emily asked just as Abby had pulled the bag down from the counter.

Abby looked at her nervously, before taking a deep breath. "Nothing much.Have you got what you wanted?"

Emily nodded her head and handed it to her Mother who paid for it.

"Did you get something for lunch?" Emily asked trying to open up her candy bar with her gloves on.

Abby took the candy from her and opened it herself. "No, I couldn't find anything, we'll try the store near to Uncle John's house later." She said smiling down at her daughter.

Abby put her gloves back on and took a hold of her daughters hand with her free hand, as they crossed the street to catch the EL.


When Abby got back to Carter's she sent Emily in the living room to watch TV, as she ran upstairs to hide her alcohol. She didn't even know if she was going to drink it yet, but even if she was she didn't want Carter finding out about it.


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