Chapter 14 Boyfriends

It's Saturday meaning the first day of my group therapy sessions. Im not happy about this at all.

Today Mary stopped by to discuss why I was going to be going to these things.

"So Scarlett  I know you've been going through a lot lately"

"So?" I said coldly.

"I think this will be very good for you. It'll help with your anxiety and depression and It'll help you find healthier coping skills."

"Healthier coping skills my ass" I said under my breath.

"Scarlett I know your angry but please don't be rude, all we're trying to do is help you." Adam said.

"This isn't fair at all, what about Amy and Avery!?!?"

"Amy will be going too. And we don't have legal guardianship over Avery so she doesn't have to go"

"Still"

"This will be good for you" Mary said.

"What do you know"

"A lot actually"

"Ugh" I put my face in my hands in annoyance.

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3 hours later

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"Good afternoon everyone" Amy said.

"Good afternoon" I said

"So we have two new people joining us, this is Scarlett"

"Hey"

"And this is Amy"

"Hey"

"So let's get to know our new friends with some icebreakers!"

I sighed looking at the clock wondering if it could tick any slower.

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"And that wraps up today everyone"

After we all said one thing we like about ourselves and said goodbye me and Amy left. Group wasn't far from our house so we just walked home.

As we were walking we saw one of our moms old boyfriends. We both started to walk faster but of course he saw us.

"Well if it isn't sugars kids"

"Andy" I said coldly.

"Charlotte"

"It's Scarlett"

"We were just going" Amy cut in.

"To hell you are"

"What do you want" Amy said.

"This bitch right here made my life hell"

"You have no idea what you've done to me asshole"

He slapped me as hard as he could for that.

"IS THAT ALL YOU GOT ASSHOLE!!!"

I started charging at him.

"Scarlett stop!" And she grabbed me and pulled me away from him.

"She was always the smarter sister"

"Lets just go" Amy said walking away.

"Fuck you" After I said that he got so pissed off. This time he punched me. luckily Amy was there and she stopped him.

He ran away after she threatened to call the cops.

"Scar are you ok"

I picked myself up and reassured her I was fine. She carried me back home even though I told her I could walk.

When we got home Mary was there to see how it went. Then she and Adam and Stan saw the bruise on my face and the cut on my lip and immediately started asking a million questions.

"It was one of my moms old boyfriends, I guess he's in town"

"We need to go to the police!" Adam said.

"There's no point. He's probably long gone by now."

"Still" Adam persisted.

"Fine, call em"

Adam called the cops and 10 minutes later the cops were at our door.

"Hey, we got a call about an assault"

"Yes please come in"

"So what exactly happened"

Adam looked at me and so did everyone else.

Great more attention I thought to myself.

I sighed and started talking.

"Well, me and Amy were walking home from group therapy when we saw one of our moms old boyfriends. We tried to ignore him but he noticed us and started messing with me. So I called him and asshole and he slapped me. And I said fuck you to him and he punched me. And then Amy threatened to call the police and he ran away."

"Ok"

Then he started writing something down on a note pad so we sat in silence for a minute. Then Adam cut in.

"So what can we do?"

"Can you give me a description of him?"

"He's white with brown eyes and jet black hair. He has like, a partially grown beard and a scar on his left eye I think."

"What was he wearing?"

"A brown leather jacket and some jeans"

"About how heavy is he?"

"I don't know like 250 pounds"

"You said it was your moms old boyfriend"

"Yeah"

"Can I speak with your mom?"

Amy cut in.

"She's not available"

"Well when she is available can I speak to her?"

"She dead" I said.

Then there was silence.

"I'm sorry for you loss"

"Yeah, I know"

"Did he have a car?"

"Yeah. Its a white convertible"

"Did you see the license plate?"

"No"

"How old would you say he is"

"Well the last time I saw him I was 9 so he's probably like.....31 now."

"Ok thanks. We'll do all we can to find him and put him away."

"Thank you" Adam said.

"No problem sir. And if anything like this happens again just call us"

Then Adam and Stan walked them both out then me, Amy and Mary were sitting there.

"Why did he get so mad Scarlett?"

"I don't know, bad temper"

Amy looked at me with a very disappointed look but didn't say anything.

After they looked at me up and down and tried to put ice on everything about three different times I was alone in my room again.

What the hell did I get myself into? Maybe it's my fault—no, no it's not my fault. He's the adult, right? I don't know why but every time I have something good going for me I always find a way to fuck it up. Guess that's what's happening now. I'm fucking everything up. At least I'm trying. That's the only good thing coming from this. I'm trying again.

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Hope you all enjoyed this part. I'm genuinely surprised I didn't think to add a boyfriend in until later. It'd only make sense to. So yet another struggle in Scarlett's life.

Hope you guys enjoyed this one. Bye🙃