It was a different dinner in the atlas family.
An argument was in pursuit.
"Well, I did what I had to to save Sammi!"
"You were the one who got him there in the first place!"
The yelling was between Jane and Jake. The bickering got very out of hand.
"You never know when to stop do you, Jake? You just cheat and do the opposite of what you're told. You're reckless!"
"Well, maybe I'd be more chill if you weren't such a huge control frea~~"
What happened next was a blur for Jake. The next thing that he could grab a hold of was a shearing pain piercing through his arm and face. He shakily looked up and saw his mum standing above him. Her hand had blood dripping down it and was red and sore. He realised what had happened.
She had slapped him.
He had crashed into the coffee table. That explained the horrible pain in his arm. That was glass. His face had a bloody hand print across its cheek. His mum reached out to him but Jake ran to his room and slammed the door.
"What did I do?"