Under Bright Lights

By Shelberto247

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Brooklyn Avery Richardson is a powerhouse football player who moved to California from New York, her family s... More

Chapter One: The Move
Chapter Two: First Day Issues
Chapter Three: Official games and girls
Chapter Four: Thoughts and Tutoring
Not an Update: Character check
Chapter Five: Secrets and Suspicions
Chapter Six: Bullshit
Chapter Seven: A String of Bad Events
Chapter Eight: Discovery pt 1
Chapter Nine: Discovery pt 2
Chapter Eleven: Tarnished Rep and abandonment
Chapter Twelve: Everything is falling apart
Chpater Thirteen: Game Day
Chapter Fourteen: Aftermath Pt 1
Chapter Fifteen: Aftermath Pt 2

Chapter Ten: "Perfect Family"

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By Shelberto247

Trigger warning ⚠️: Child abuse and parental issues and missing persons
Brooklyn's POV

I walk into school with my siblings, we talk like we normally do but notice everyone looking at us, students, teachers and even administrators as they walk through the hallway, I look at my siblings who have the same look as me

"Brooklyn why is everyone staring at us" Brandon says as he holds his bookbag close to him

"Yea its creeping me out" Victoria says as she looks at me confused and uncomfortable

"I have no idea but y'all head to class of with your friends, I'll catch up with y'all later ok" I say looking around at everyone then to my siblings

They nod and walk off towards there friends and classes as I monitor the hallway, everyone is staring at me with glares and smug looks with some even looking sadly at me, I shut my locker and head off to my first class of the day but as I walk in, people stop there conversations and look at me with the same looks

I sit down uncomfortably as people just go back to their previous conversations but glance at me form time to time

Few hours later

I walk into tutoring to see a freaked out and angry Monica, I sit down in front of her and look at her, we haven't talked since the whole getting back with Tiffany thing yesterday and I weirdly miss her

She finally notices my presence then looks at me with a disgusted and menacingly evil look, as if I literally bitch slapped her mom which I wouldn't mind doing

"You have some really balls to even show up today Brooklyn" Monica says pulling her books out and glaring at me, I look at her confused

"Ummm what are you talking about" I say confused as she looks at me and scoffs

"Well for someone who clearly wants to see my father back in rehab or off the deep end gain, you sure act clueless" Monica says angrily as she slams the book down on the table causing people to look at us

"I have no idea what your talking about" I say as I lean towards her

"Ugh just stop.....stop pretending like you didn't see the schools twitter and Instagram page, I know it was you, you asshole" Monica yells as she stands up causing me to stand up with her

"I didn't post anything, I don't even follow the schools pages besides the football pages and even then I haven't been on my phone, what was even posted" I say raising my tone

"Fine, I'll show you since you wanna lie" Monica says pulling up whatever she's talking about, she gets it up and shows me the post and my heart drops to my ass and my eyes widen in shock

Its a picture of my Dad and Monica's Mom fucking in the window, I sit down in my seat as I think of what my Dad said if I told someone, now some sicko leaked this photo onto social media

I instantly pull out my phone and go to the football pages and see the same photo posted with the caption

"Breaking News: Brooklyn Richardson's Family is a fraud, cheating!!!, wow they have being lying to us all, Perfect family my ass"

I close my phone as I start to feel my heartbeat faster and my breath to quicken, my first thought is to get up but as soon as I stand up I suddenly lose conciseness

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I slowly open my eyes to see that I'm in the nurses office, I look around to see my siblings sitting next to me, I smile as I look at them but I see they look sad and very disappointed which tells me they saw the photo

I go to say something but soon I hear footsteps causing me to look over towards the door and see my father awkwardly walking in but once he sees my face, his turns to anger but soon turns to a fake calm and warm stare

"Great your awake.....time to go home" My Dad says with a fake smile on his face that most would mistake as warm but holds a sinister meaning behind it, he looks between my siblings and I before walking out

I look towards my siblings as they look towards my father worriedly, I carefully get up along with my siblings who make sure I'm balanced before walking into the office and seeing that my Dad already walked out to the car, we wave to the lady at the desk nervously before walking out and getting into the car with me in the front seat

The car ride was silent, no music, no talking, it was almost like you could hear a pin drop on the ground, we pull up to the house and get out, I look over to Monica's house as we walk to the door

It's eerily silent causing me to worry about what's going on over there, we make it into the house and drop our bags off at the door and head into the living room with me walking behind my siblings and my Dad walking behind us, I turn around to face my Dad and go to say something when suddenly his fist connects with my face

"You ungrateful little shit, I told you to keep your mouth shut" My Dad yells as he kicks me in the stomach

"Dad what are you doing, Brooklyn didn't do anything" Victoria says a she pushes my Dad away causing him to push her to the ground

"She kept the secret form you guys and your mad at me" My Dad says turning to my sister as she looks at him from the floor

I Instantly get up as Brandon and I shield Victoria from my father

"I only hid it from you guys because our perm donor threatened me" I say looking at my siblings then back to our father who starts laughing

"You think you can get into my business and then expose it, now this whole town knows about Tammi and I all because you couldn't keep your mouth shut, now our image is ruined" My Dad says as he pushes me down causing Brandon to fall too

"I swear I'll-" My father goes to say but suddenly the door opens causing us all to get up, we all look over to see our mother enter the house with her suitcases and a smile on her face

"I'm home" My Mom says as she comes in, my Dads demeanor changes and he goes over and hugs and kisses our mom as if he wasn't about to beat us and potentially kill us

"How was your trip baby" He sys as he takes he bags and sets them by the stairs

"It was great, how was the time away from mom" My Mother says as she looks toward us who look to my Dad, he gives us a warning look and we look back at my mom

"It was good but we missed you" I say glancing back at my Dad who looks at me with clenched fist

"Well I'm home now, lets make dinner" My Mom says as she heads into the kitchen

We all look at my father who puts his finger to his lips in a way of telling us don't say a word, he walk into the kitchen and hugs my mother from behind and kisses her cheek as she starts boiling water

I hold back a growl as I watch them be all lovey dovey in front of us, I used to love it but it disgusts me now knowing he's been cheating on her

My mom finished cooking and we eat, dinner was silent with occasionally small talk and mom updating us on her trip, soon my siblings and I head upstairs to out rooms, I lay on my bed as I think of what to do now

My father has gotten out of control and I cant deal with it and I certainly am not leaving my siblings in this toxic household

I look over and see my old keyboard in the closet that my mother got m before I came out, I stare at it as I think of how much fun I had playing music and writing before I became a football powerhouse, I miss it......

Monica's POV

I come inside my house after being at the library all day, I wanted to avoid coming home and seeing the havoc that I know is going to happen

I lock the door behind me and turn around to see my mother looking worried as she has her face in her hands, she look up quickly when she hears the door close but puts it back down when she sees me

"Great your home" She says getting up but I look at her emotionless as she comes towards me

"Yea I am" I say angrily as I look at the person who I disgusts with everything in me

"You......know don't you" She says disappointedly causing me to laugh and shake my head

"You are unbelievable" I say as I head up the stairs but she pulls me back down but I pull my arm away

"Don't touch me" I say closing my eyes as I try not to bitch slap my own mother

"Sweetheart please, I know I messed up but please we have a family emergency" She says as she cries but I cant even look at her

"Yea we do, you cheated and broke your promise, I don't want to have anything to do with you" I say truthfully as I head upstairs

"Your father hasn't come home, its been 8 hours and he wont answer his phone and hs location is off" She blurts out causing me to stop and turn to her

This isn't good

The Next Morning

Tanya's POV

"And are you sure you want to do this, I mean It is not too late" Richard says as he looks over some papers

"I am one hundred percent sure Richard" I say looking at him confidently

"Ok well what are your stipulations given you have three kids" He says as I hand him the papers

"They get to stay with there father" I say sadly

"Ok......so this is the divorce agreement you are sure about Tanya" He says as he hands me the agreement

"Yes, I want to be rid of this family" I say nodding my head

A/N well shit, I am surprisingly calm this chapter, probably because I love pissing people off, something else to talk about in therapy

Enjoy:)

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