"Geneva?" Earnest called out. The two just now realizing him pulling up along with his 3 sons. "You ok?"
"Yea." She said after taking a breath.
"Do we have a problem here?" He asked.
"There's no problem." Genevas father said.
"I wasn't talking to you." Earnest said waiting for the girl to answer.
"Yea. We're fine he was just leaving. Weren't you?" Geneva said to her father. The man sighed and nodded making his way back to his car.
The group went into the house after her father left. When she walked in she could tell everyone had heard her yelling. She went upstairs not wanting questions or sympathy.
Geneva couldn't even be shocked her father always been like this. Didn't mean it didn't hurt tho. She knew he only called or texted so she could never say he doesn't reach out. She couldn't wait until she never had to deal or take anything from him again.
Their conversation had made her upset and thinking about her mother. She wasn't in the mood for human interaction so she stayed in her room for the rest of the day. Everyone figured she needed space and didn't bother her.
After the house went quiet and it was late Geneva figured people had went home or to bed she made her way downstairs to the kitchen. She was grabbing a drink when she heard a voice behind her.
"Late night snack?" Earnest asked the girl. She jumped and paused for a sec before turning around and facing the man.
"Yea sorry."
"No need to apologize." He said sitting at the counter. "You seemed pretty upset earlier do you wanna talk about it?"
"Family problems is all." She said. She didn't really wanna bore him with the details and he figured she wouldn't understand with how close his family is with one another.
"Trust I understand more than you know. Just cause we all close don't think we don't argue and fuss like every other family." He told her like he was reading her mind. She sighed and took a seat next to him.
"Sometimes I wonder why my mother stayed with my father. He was never good to us, never around it was like she raised me herself." She explained. "He didn't even give a fuck excuse my language when she died. He moved on a couple months later and didn't even stay her whole funeral. I had to stay with my uncle after my mother died cause my father was never home."
She ranted to him and he listened to every word. If she thought talkin to Ryan about her mother was helpful this was like a burden lifted off her shoulders. She was relieved to have finally got all this off her chest.
She talks with her uncle every now and then seeing as he's the only real family she has left. But seeing as he's been in prison these last few months on an assault charge against her father (long story) it's hard sometimes. She mentally reminds herself to go see him when she goes back to SC.
Once she feels like she's explained and got everything off her chest she goes quiet waiting for Earn's response.
"Your dad seems like a piece of work." Earnest said making Geneva laugh a lil.
"Understatement." She said making him laugh in return.
"I think that your a very strong young women. To have been through everything you've been through and still be such a strong independent person is admirable. I believe your mother would be proud of you and I know that's not always easy to believe but she is. When my brother died I regretted every decision I made in life every decision that lead to that moment. It took a long time I'll admit to have a sense of normalcy around but I had to come to terms with it and live my life to the fullest like I know he would want me too."
Earnest explained and talked to Geneva about loss and how he lived his life knowing his brother died for him. They bonded over their experiences and how they both coped. They even started sharing memories with each other and Geneva was beyond grateful for the man.
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I don't really know what to say but enjoy
I'll be back in August like I've said many times
Love y'all and thankful for all y'all that read and voted this is not the end I swear it
Chapter VIII
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