Chapter 9 life is hard for me to trust now
It was about a week after their mother's funeral that Stephanie walked in on a conversation that was going on between her brother and Aunt that, involved her name in their conversation.
Quietly listening in on the conversation, Stephanie heard as both her Aunt and brother slightly raised each others voices.
"I don't see why I can't just take steph with me. "Said Mike
"How are you going to afford taking care of that child, when you're still a child yourself?"asked Aunt Kate
"I promised her that I would always take care of her, so how can I just up and leave her?"asked Mike
"I've raised the two of you ever since you first came here with your mama, so your sister will be much better off if she stays here. "Aunt Kate sighed "As for you, I can't tell you where to go since you're old enough to make your own decisions now. "
"I'm just not old enough when it comes to taking my sister, with me when I finally leave those place. "said Mike
"I'll make a deal with you, once you find yourself a job and place to live, and are living a stable life, you can come back here and get your sister."said Aunt Kate
Moving away from the door, Stephanie ran up the stairs and into her room where she slammed the door as loud as she possibly could slam it. Not caring of she got scolded for slamming the door, Stephanie couldn't help but feel betrayed by her own brother, who as of that very moment, she was glad that he was leaving because it seemed like he didn't even try hard enough to go against their Aunt, and bring her with him wherever he was going to.
Hoping that she'll never sees him again, Stephanie promised herself that she wouldn't allow herself to cry the day he eventually leaves, since he did nothing but lie to her about never leaving, and how he was always going to be there for her no matter what.