Chapter 5

Nick's POV

"Mom?" I whisper.

Mom turns over and moans Dad's name.

When I'm sure that Mom's in a deep sleep, I walk through the hallways, picking up plaster.

When I get into the kitchen, I grab a bag and gloves to grab the glass shards.

I look at the clock.

It's three.

All right, two hours left.

I run through the house with the bag, picking up the bigger pieces of glass.

After that, I sweep up the smaller shards of glass and sprayed down everything.

It was now four.

I then went around and off Dad's blood from the walls.

At four-thirty, Mom walked down from the stairs, while I was placing new windows from the one's Dad had broken.

"Nick?" Mom's astonished voice came from the stairs.

I turned around and smiled at her.

She walked around and looked at the now-back-to-normal house with a surprised expression on her face.

"Did you do all of this?" she whispered.

I smiled and nodded, turning to go back to screw the last screw in.

Mom comes up from behind, and hugs me.

"Thank you Nick." she whispers.

She lets go of me and looks around, "Where are Lottie and Peet- I mean Dad?"

I take Mom's hand and lead her into the living room.

"Lottie cleaned up Dad after his attack and took him to the store. They're gonna be back at five." I look at the clock and see it's four forty-five.

I look back and Mom and smile, "I'm gonna go make supper."

Mom stands up, her face troubled, "Oh Nick, you don't have to do that!"

I smile and pull her back in the seat, "Just sit Mom, I have a new recipe I want to try."

She bites her lip and nods, "Okay then."