Opposites Attract

19. love & despair

"Maybe you should have gotten her help sooner." I mumbled casting my eyes down onto the ground. "She was always manipulative, but when we were younger it was worst because I believed everything she practically told me."

Mom shook her head in shame. "I know and I feel ashamed, Khloe! She's always been so self centred, only really cared about herself. It's like she can't see past herself. She isn't the only one who really matters in the world."

"When people get in her way... it's a horrible situation to be in." Andrew mumbled and I looked over at him. "She envy's people. She envy's you Khloe, and she envy's your mother. That's why she held hatred towards Alicia and I."

Mom nodded her head. "When Luna was eighteen years old we decided enough was enough. One day she came home very angry. Your father and I asked what was wrong and she wouldn't stop yelling. She kept saying that I was the reason why our family was falling apart. She said that she saw me with another man and that's why I was leaving your father."

"What?" I said, completely stunned. "But did she see you with any other men?"

Mom shook her head quickly. "No, of course not! It was a completely insane idea. This was way before I even met Andrew."

"We took her to a doctor and they diagnosed her with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It's a disorder in which people exaggerate their own sense of importance. She takes advantage of others to get what she wants, and then she becomes very angry when she doesn't get what she wants. But behind this mask of extreme confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism." My dad shook his head. "To be honest, I wasn't shocked at all. Since your mother and I couldn't watch her, we sent her to a mental hospital so that she could get the help she truly needed." Dad sighed. "A few months later, she was better and she was taking her medication. That's when your mother and I decided that we should take her out of the program and give her a chance at life. She went to College to become a doctor, and we thought everything was fine. That was it."

Everything was starting to come back to me. There would be many weekends when I wouldn't even be at home. My parents always sent me to my cousins house. I would ask them why and they would tell me that they were busy with getting Luna ready for school. They said that they were looking for apartments, but in reality they were looking for the right program to put Luna in.

"Okay, Luna finished her program, she was taking her medication so you actually bought her an apartment and everything went smoothly?"

At this point in time I was already living alone with my mom. Luna must have been put in the hospital right before our parents got a divorce.

We were all packing. Mom and I were going to live together and dad was going to live on his own. The only thing is that Luna wasn't actually going to live on campus.

"Exactly," Mom nodded her head. "I would check in on her often to make sure she was fine, while she was living on her own."

I cupped my face in my hands. "I can't believe that I never thought anything of this. All the times you wouldn't let me see Luna, and how for a few months she would only come home on holidays." My relationship with Luna was falling apart because she rarely ever called me, but now I truly know why. "I just feel completely useless right now."

Andrew frowned. "Don't be, Khlo. When I first met your mother, she didn't want to tell me anything about Luna's mental health issues." Andrew's eyes filled with tears. "It's my fault because I knew how Luna felt about Alicia and I, but I still let her into my house. It had been over a year since she got out of the hospital, so I truly thought that she was better. She told us that she was taking her medication, but I knew something was wrong. Next thing I know my daughter is missing."