Chapter 8
"Lindsay…" Danny began, "I… I had no idea."
"Of course you didn't," Lindsay took a long sip of her coffee. It tasted bitter and the acidity burned her throat. "You never bothered with Maddie, why should you bother about her mother?"
"That's a crock of shit and you know it!" Danny protested. "I was heartbroken after you left! I could barely make it in to work, that's how upset I was!" he threw his full cup of coffee at the wall. It splattered everywhere and ran down the length of the wall. "And when I did, I spent my entire day searching for you, Lindsay!"
"Really? So why did I never get a phone call, a letter? Something to let me know you still cared?"
"You didn't leave anything!" Danny answered, "Ask anyone in the lab and they'll tell you the exact same thing!" he was getting frustrated, and it was killing him. He loved Lindsay… he'd never stopped loving her, but how could he prove it to her?
"Lindsay… I promise I'll do whatever it takes to prove that I love you…."
I hear Mom and Danny having a fight. Good! Now maybe they won't want to be together, and I can have Mom back. Keep fighting, this is cool!
"You don't love me Danny! I was just another notch on your belt!" I hear Mom say.
Huh? What does that mean?
"You were never a notch on my belt, Lindsay. I wanted to marry you, and you turned me away!"
Danny wanted to marry Mom? No no no no no no no! That wasn't supposed to happen! He was supposed to go away and leave us alone!
"NO!" I scream, running down the hall, "Stop fighting! Stop fighting! Stop fighting!" I'm screaming again, and I'm kicking the wall. I see Mom run out into the hall. She's trying to hold on to me, but I push her off. Danny is trying to help, but I hit him in the chest. "GO AWAY!" I scream, and now I'm crying.
"Madison Diana Monroe!" Mom scolds, "You will go sit in the corner until this temper stops!"
She picks me up and sits me in a corner on a chair.
"I DON'T WANT DANNY TO TAKE YOU AWAY!" I scream, scuffing my shoes on the white walls and I know Mom has wide eyes, like she's surprised. "IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE YOU AND ME! DANNY'S GONNA TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ME!"