"Thats a hand print, did someone hit you?"
"No"
"was it Jonos gang"
I went quiet i was no good at lying when it came to my brothers. They always managed to get me to tell the truth.
"if i say yes, you wont do anything stupid, Promise"
"I cant promise anything Lan"
"Ok then, maybe it was Jono" I said
"thats it, where is he"
"Brax stop please dont do this"
"He hit you lani, he cant just get aay with it"
"I dealt with it OK"
"as in how?"
"safer than what you would do"i said sitting on the couch" what are you doing here anyway Brax"
"To come and get you"
"Why?" i asked
"Your coming to live with me Lani" He said looking at mum
"you cant do that"yelled mum
"yeah i can, come in lani your coming to live with me" Brax repeated
"Fine by me"I replied
"Oi Lani! sit back down" yelled mum, I completely ignored her and went to my room "LANI!"
"whatever" i replied
"No you dont" she said grabbing me from behind. "you are not leaving this house."
"Afraid you wont get your single mothers cheque", her grip got tighter, "Let go of me! your hurting me!"
"Mum! let go of her" Brax said pulling her off me.
I ran in to my room closing the door behind me, "bitch!" I yelled.
My mum never got extremely violent with me but she was the type of person to hit you when she didnt get her way. I quickly packed my bag. Shoving anything and everything in it. Every where i went i always took my panda, that brax gave me, and a photo of Brax, Heath, Casey and I. Casey was convinced my panda was stolen but i knew it wasn't, i hoped it wasn't.
The drive from mangrove to summer bay was long and boring at best. I thought i better start a conversation.
"so hows life in the bay" I asked
"Good"
"Right" i said to myself
"why the questions"
"Im just trying to make conversation, gezzz!"
Thats when it went quiet. Luckily we were only 10 minutes from getting home to Braxs.
BRAXS P.O.V.
How could i have left her at mums if she treated her like that. Thats the reason the three of us left. Lani had no chance of leaving being the baby and only girl.
"How did you get suspended from school" i asked
"Expelled" She replied
"Expelled! shit Lani youve got to control this temper of yours"
"Least i didnt get asked to leave like Heath"
"Just about the same thing, what did you do anyway"
"Wagged class afew times, got drunk" se said getting quieter
"Drunk!" I couldnt believe her she was a propper little braxton
"Monkey see Monkey do"she said
"No Lani, enough excuses!"
We all did the same thing when we were little, blamed the things we did on other people. But the fact was we were old enough to take responcibility for our own actions. I didnt want Lani to turn out like the rest of us, But maybe i was too late.