My Promised Rejection (Olivia) novel Chapter 3

Olivia POV

Connor tries to talk to me as the car continues to move toward a place that will be my hell for the next six months. Knowing this isn't permanent is the only thing keeping me from completely losing my sh*t. If I knew my father wouldn't get in trouble, I would run back home the first chance I got. A hand on my forearm pulls me out of my thoughts. 

I immediately shake his hand off me. "Connor let me make this clear. Don't touch me. Don't talk to me. I may have no choice about living the next six months with you people, but that is all you'll get from me.  The minute the six months are up, I'll be going back to my real home with my only real parent." I look at my mother hoping my words hurt her as much as she is hurting me. Tears stream down her cheeks. 

"That's it," Xavier says, pulling the car off the road. "Out of the car Olivia, now," he says. I'm tempted to tell him to f**k off but something inside me has my hand moving of its own accord to open the door. I step out and close the door behind me. I cross my arms over my chest and refuse to look at Xavier. 

"Look at me Olivia. I want to make sure you are listening and the only way I'll know for sure you are is if you give me your eyes." I look at him and I swear his eyes change color, but I shake that thought away. "I know you're angry, and you have every right to be. This situation isn't easy for any of us. I understand you love your father, and you want to live with him, but the woman in that car is your mother," he says. 

I go to open my mouth, but he silences me with a raised hand. "She is your mother and she deserves respect. You are not a child, Olivia. In six months you'll be an adult and you need to start acting like one. Life is rarely fair, so you had better learn to roll with the punches because someday it might be you sitting in the car and your daughter acting like she hates you." 

"That will never be me because I'm not a cheater. I would never betray my husband. So as unfair as life is, I'll never be her. As far as respect goes, it's earned, not just given. I lost all respect for her when she chose you over my father. You don't like my attitude towards her, then send me home. I'll be happy to never see the three of you again in my life." 

Xavier takes a step toward me and I swear I feel like I can't breathe. "Xavier, please. I want to get to the house," my mother says from the side of the car. I never even heard her get out. "Get in the car and I don't want to hear another negative word out of you for the rest of the ride." "I'm glad to stay quiet if everyone leaves me alone," I say sliding back into the car. 

"Oli" Connor starts to say, and I make a show of zipping my lips before I again look out the window. I'm not sure how much longer we drive because I must have fallen asleep. "Oli, it's time to wake up. We're here," Connor says. I quickly sit up and almost gasp when I see what can only be described as a mansion. Thankfully, I stop myself and keep my face impassive. I push the door open and step out. 

A loud squeal has me looking toward the entrance. A pretty young girl with long blonde hair is rushing toward me. Before I can step back, she wraps her arms around me in a bone crushing hug. "Oh my goddess, you are so beautiful. You look just like your mom. I'm so excited to meet you. I've heard so much about you," she says, talking a mile a minute. 

"Becca, baby, breathe. You are freaking her out," Connor says. She giggles and takes a step back. "Sorry, I'm just happy you're finally here" she says. "Oli, this is my girlfriend Becca" he says. I glare at him and his smile fades. "Sorry, Olivia. Becca, this is my sister, Olivia." As much as I want to be a b**ch to punish Connor, I can't. Becca seems sweet and so much different than the girls he normally dates. Don't get me wrong, she is pretty, but she isn't stick thin. She has curves, and she can only be five feet and change. 

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