Deaf City

Chapter Six

"Hello, I'm Estella." Said woman replied in a high pitched voice.

"What do you want?" Kami asked with venom spitting at the fake busty lady with every word.

"I'm here to return one of our customers' belonging. It's a policy that we have, and I would like to very much respect that policy. So, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like give this," Estella was waving the wallet in the air, "Back to its rightful owner." She said with a smirk. This hooker knew what was going on; she's done this too many times to know that he was cheating on his wife. Every time would happen, she always love to piss off the wife or girlfriend.

But Kami had no patients left to deal with this slut. She just grabbed the wallet and slammed to door on her without another word. She just stood there, not turning around to face her husband.

"Kami … I'm so sorr-" He never got to finish his sentence, for his wife had just slapped him.

He had the nerve to go to a strip club; get himself so wasted; loose his wallet with probably most of his money; and come home and do this to her. And in front of their daughter.

Being slapped on the influence of alcohol wasn't such a great idea for Kami Albarn, but what could she do. She felt angry, upset, betrayed, and a fool. How could he do this to her? To their daughter?

Touching his face where his wife had just hit him, Spirit became mad with the help of the alcohol that was still in his system. He raised his right hand slowly while Kami was preparing herself for the slap she was most likely going to get. But nothing came. No pain; no yelling; no nothing. She opened her eyes to see Spirit pointing a finger to the left of him. She moved her gaze to the direction he had been pointing, to come face to face with her daughter, Maka.

"It's because of her, isn't it?" Spirit asked slowly and clearly enough for Kami to hear. She turned her head to see him staring at her. With a confused look on her face, Spirit continued, "It's because of her that you don't pay as much attention to me, as you once did."

"Spirit, what are you talking about?"

"It's all her fault. It's her fault that I lost your love. All because her."

"You're not making any sense. I love you both, and I-"

"But not as much as you do now." He said cutting her off. "I would have never wanted to become a father knowing that if she was born, I would lose you."

"Sprirt! Don't say tha-"

"But it's true! I can't do the things we use to do, because of her!" He yelled throwing his wallet towards the wall in frustration. Kami flinched but had to try and stay calm to reason with him, but then he started pushing things off the shelves and making the items on top shatter.

"Spirit stop! Don't say that in front of her!"

"Why!? It's not like she can hear anything-"

"That's because you're freaking her out! What has gotten into you!? You're not the same man that I once knew! You're not the same person that I fell in love with; the person I married! The same person that was so happy to have a family of his own; to have a daughter of his own."

He stopped breaking things and walked straight towards her with only a few inches of space between them. Kami wanted to back away, but she felt stiff as a marble statue. With dark Prussian blue eyes staring into world of light jade green ones.

"You're right. He's not here anymore. He left when once he found out you were pregnant. Now, I'm here living with his regret." Spirit said, talking about himself in third-person.

Kami looked away, not wanting to meet his gaze. His was not the man she once loved all those years ago. She was lost. The one person who she trusted so much was cheating on her with a slutty whore at a strip club. She can't keep living with a man knowing that all those night when he was "working late" was just an excuse to go get wasted and have his night fix. She couldn't. No. She won't live here anymore. Not with him, but...What about Maka? What would happen to her? What would he do to her or where would he put her? All these images of Maka growing up in the worse way possible started to scare her. She couldn't just abandon her like this. But how could she care for her, if she couldn't even take care of herself with the low paying job she has now.

Don't underestimate Kami, she's a very smart woman, but she had to cut college early because of her pregnancy. Cutting her schooling meant she had to go to a trading college and finish early so she could get a job quickly. Spirit had finished college with a master's in teaching. That's how their little family survived.

Coming back to reality, Kami looked Spirit in the eyes with a straightest face she could muster up with what has been happening and said, "You're absolutely right. The Spirit I married isn't here anymore. So, why am I?" She turned away from him, heading to their bedroom they once shared, and closed the door, leaving behind a confused Spirit to think about what she meant by her words.

Maka was standing there stunned to what just happened. After just witnessing what happened, she walked over to her parents' bedroom that was occupied by her mother. Her father was sitting on the couch trying to process what he had done a few moments ago. She opened the door slightly and slowly so her mother wouldn't notice, but the creaking of the old door gave her away. Maka saw her mother's suit-case placed on top of the bed prepped and ready to go. She looked around and saw that most of her mother's things were missing, such as: her pictures of family members and friends; knick knacks; jewelry; clothes, etc. The nine year old girl walked inside the room, looking around for her mother. She found her in the closet with another suit-case packing nothing but her clothes. Handers all over the place, clothes scattered, shoes missing the other half of the pair. The closet looked like a mini-tornado just passed by. She watched her mother pack all of her belongings in silence, waiting for her to notice the other presence. Waiting for her to say everything was going to be okay. But there was nothing.

Her mother had tears running down her face every once in a while. She stopped to take a quick breather to try and calm herself down. Too many things were running through her mind all at once. Like where was she going to stay, hotel? Should she even stay in the same city as where her now ex-husband? What about money? She doesn't get paid a lot, but where could she go to get a job that pays more? Would she have to go back to school to get a higher degree? What about Maka? Where would she go? Who would she turn to now? What would happen to her?

Maka saw her mother suddenly stop, trying to catch her breath. She forced her legs to move towards her mother slowly, so she wouldn't blow up like she did earlier with her father. Kami finally noticed her daughter's presence and in the direction of her on flesh and blood – with a little bit of Spirit mixed in there too – stop when she looked her in the eyes. Kami nodded her head to the side, signaling for Maka to come, which she obeyed to, but slowly. When she got there Kami put her arms around her fragile daughter hugging her tightly yet gentle. Maka stiffened and then put her arms around her mama too.

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When Kidd hugged Maka, she stiffened at first but then slowly placed her arms around Kidd. Kidd didn't think he would get such a reaction from her. Maka put her head in the crook of his neck and softly cried remembering what happened years ago. Maka was still in her flashbacks, but subconscious wrapped her arms around him, thinking that person who was holding her was none other than her mother. (AN: Just had to throw that in there.)

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"Maka listen to me. I need you to be mama's big girl. Okay can you do that?" Kami asked her daughter. Maka nodded her head in response. "Maka, I'm so sorry that I let this happen. And I'm so very sorry that I'm going to do this to you. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me one day."

"What are you talking about mommy?" Maka asked her mother with tears running down her face.

"Maka…I can't stay here. I-I'm sorry. But I promise you, when I come back I'm taking you with me. I'll come find you and we can live together. Okay? Oh Maka, I'm sorry you have to go through this." Kami said stroking her daughter's hair in attempt to try and clam the young girl down. "I have to go. I'm sorry Maka. I love you so much." Kami said letting go of the one thing that matters the most. She grabbed her things and walked out the bedroom door into the living room where an upset Spirit stood.

"Kami you don't have to do this. I love you. Don't go." Spirit said, standing by the couch watching the love of his walking out the door.

"You should have thought of that a long time ago." Kami said, with only a few feet left to the door.

"If you're walking out that door and never coming back, then I suggest you take that thing with you." Spirit said referring to Maka that was following behind. Kami turned around to see Maka with pleading eyes for her not to go.

"That "thing" you're referring to is your daughter."

"Not anymore she isn't."

"Listen to me Spirit Albarn, if anything happens to her, I will personally hunt you down and kill you myself. You will not any harm come her way because of you."

"How will you know, if you're not going to be here anymore?" He asked Kami, while she picked up her things. Glancing over her shoulder, she answered his question:

"I'll have someone watch you."

With that she was out the door and into the dark night. Spirit headed to his room without another word. Slamming the door closed. Maka went to her room as well. When entering, she noticed a small white box. She opened the top to reveal a locket her mother always wore. She hugged it tight and whispered, "I love you mom."

And so, was the start of a young girl's loneliness.

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AN: So what do you think? In my opinion, I think I over do her past a 'little' too much. Yeah, it's long. So what? All righty, I give you all a special thank you have the patience to wait forever. Believe that's all. So, good-bye until the next chapter! :D