Celine Monet has lived alone with her mother ever since she was five, when her parents got a divorce and only one won custody over her. But finally, eight years later, her father wins shared custody.
After moving across the country and settling...
My mother barely talks to my twin brother and I, and when he does it's only to tell us to behave when I take Leo's drink from him. Leo frowns for the rest of the meal; I know he wanted to try and build a relationship with our mother, but clearly our mother doesn't feel the same way. She isn't even attempting to talk to us.
I feel bad, even though I warned him. We all did, but Léo lives in la-la land, where he thinks that anything is possible and Isabel's bad mood was because of our father, and not because the last place she wants to be is with us, the children who she left.
Our mother pays the cheque and we follow behind her to her car. We both get into the back, fastening our seatbelts as our mother begins to drive, not even waiting to make sure we're safely buckled in before taking off.
She only begins to talk when we're almost at her house, which our father bought for her.
"I don't have any more air mattresses, so you'll both have to take a couch each tonight." She says.
"Okay." Léo says quietly, the frown still etched onto his face.
I sigh and look away. I pull my phone out, clicking on the family group chat.
MATEO:
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I smile at the picture of my nephew, Zavian. He's always been small for his age, which makes my brothers girlfriend Diya take up the opportunities to dress him like he's still a newborn.
NICOLAS: Aw. He looks adorable.
SCARLETT: AWWWWW! Nic, we need another baby.
NICOLAS: We have Elias.
SCARLETT: He's growing up. I need a little baby who doesn't throw a tantrum when he has to put anything that isn't his Spider-Man costume on for school. [rolling eyes emoji]
NICOLAS: He just wants to be a superhero.
SCARLETT: Please, Nic.
JULIEN: I'm trying to fucking sleep. If you wanna argue about having another kid do it in person since you live in the same fucking house.
MATEO: Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
