I Thought 'Home' Meant Warmth Nope, Just a Doghouse... Till I'm the HEIR, And It's novel Chapter 20

Chapter 2

I looked up real quick-but Mom was feeding pieces of steak to a little pomeranian.

My eyes started burning.

I wanted steak. I wanted a mommy.

After Mom took the dog upstairs, I crawled over to eat what was left in its bowl.

“What are you doing?!” Mom’s voice scared me so bad.

I said really quietly: “1… I’m hungry…”

Before I could say more, she grabbed my hair and dragged me into the kitchen.

“Which hand touched my baby’s bowl?”

She picked up a big knife, eyes going crazy: “This one? Or this one?”

I started crying and crawled backwards:

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry Mommy, I… I didn’t mean to…”

“I shouldn’t have touched the doggy’s bowl, I was just really really hungry…”

Mom didn’t listen. She held my hand down and the knife came down fast.

“Owww!” I pulled away and it cut my finger really bad.

I got so scared I screamed: “Mommy! Mommy… I want my mommy!”

Seeing the blood made Mom even crazier: “You little monster! It’s all you! You ruined everything!”

She chased me and grabbed my neck and kept hitting my head on the floor:

‘Die! Just die!”

I couldn’t breathe again. I got so mad.

If she wants me dead, then I don’t want her alive!

My hand was shaking when I reached for the button in my pocket.

f1 press the red one, Mom dies and Dad will love me…

Right when I was gonna press it, I saw a scar on Mom’s arm.

Something in my brain felt like it was waking up.

I think… I think Mom used to love me…

When I stopped moving, Mom screamed really loud and let go.

She started hitting her own head and scratching her arms and face until they bled.

I was too scared to move.

The door crashed open. Dad’s face went white when he saw.

He grabbed Mom tight even though she was hitting him.

“Ro! Ro, it’s okay, I’m here, you’re safe, you’re safe…”

He held her while she screamed and kicked, then speed-dialed someone:

Get over here right now! Bring all the family doctors!”

After he hung up, he looked at me and his eyes were so angry:

“I never should’ve gone soft! You should never have been heret”

He made another call, sounding disgusted:

Tomorrow! Get someone here tomorrow, ASAP!”

“Get her away from Ro!”

“She just makes Ro sick-there’s no point keeping her around!”

He didn’t look at me again. He just picked up Mom and left.

I sat there crying and wiping my face but the tears wouldn’t stop.

I don’t know how long I sat there before some people took me to a room.

They didn’t say anything. People in scrubs strapped me into a chair.

Alcohol wipe, then a needle in my arm.

After the third tube, my lips felt weird and tingly.

The doctor looked at me and said:

‘Mr. Blackthorne, she’s only seven and she’s pretty weak. If we take much more… this could get dangerous.”

Dad didn’t answer right away.

Everything got really quiet. I reached out and pulled on the doctor’s coat really gently:

‘If you take my blood… will Mommy get better?”

“Then… you can have more. It’s okay.”

The maids said Mom was sick. That’s why she doesn’t like me.

so if my blood makes her better, maybe she’ll love me again…

The doctor didn’t say anything. He looked at Dad.

Dad rubbed his forehead for a long time. Then he said:

Well, she’s offering. Keep going. My wife comes first.”

As for her…” He stopped, sounding annoyed. “She won’t die that easily.”

They put the needle back in.

My blood kept coming out and I got colder and colder. I couldn’t stop shaking and my teeth were clicking together.

But I didn’t want to bother the doctor. I didn’t want to bother Daddy.

Then everything went dark and I fell asleep.

I woke up because the car was bumping around a lot.

I looked out the window. I didn’t know where we were anymore-this wasn’t the way home!

I got really scared. I hit the door as hard as I could:

“Let me out! I wanna go home! I want my daddy and mommy!”

The driver laughed in a mean way: “Home? Kid, you don’t have a home.”

“Your dad gave you away. He doesn’t want you anymore.”

My heart felt like it turned into ice.

Before I fell asleep. I heard the doctor say Mom would be all better when she woke up.

So why?

I made Mommy better!

Why is Daddy still sending me away?!

Why is he being so mean?! Why?!

I got so mad I couldn’t think. My hand was shaking when I took out the green button.

If I press it, Daddy dies. Then Mommy will love me.

Then Mommy will definitely come get me.

Then I’ll have a mommy.