Grace
I was lying in my comfortable bed. There was not a sound in the house beyond my occasional rustling. A mockingbird chirped outside. The scene was the opposite of my inner world, which was in turmoil. I had even taken the rest of the week off work to cope, adding to the roiling emotions in my mental scape.
My parents from youth had been the kind to make sure unless I was missing an arm, I was in school. So, taking off was unusual for me, probably why I felt so weird about it. Even though I dealt with constant bullying and passive aggressiveness from some ruthless, bitter girls in my grade that drowned my mental health, I was forced to go. My parents did nothing about it even when I begged. To them, it was simply a part of growing up. It was bad enough I attempted to ease the pain of existence permanently on a particularly gloomy day after school. That day I decided to live for nothing else but to spite everyone and the world that unjustly wronged me.
I turned over towards the bedroom window. I was just in time to notice the mockingbird fly away. I smiled to myself. Thinking about how cringy I was that day. In the end, it paid off in some way. I mastered the art of putting personal feelings and desires aside to play a part and it got me far. The smile fell as I thought about it more. It felt like I was still waiting to receive my payment. All these years I would rarely miss a day of work. I was one of my job's highest performers. But now it was as if a piece of me I pretended didn't exist suddenly demanded attention. And it's all happening to me in these past few days. Because of him really. Him, his dark and toned body, and his meaty rod. Mr.J was downstairs today making himself look busy. I'd be satisfying his needs as a man now but today my parents would be coming over. Thankfully he was willing to wait.
In a moment of weakness, I had called them and now they'd be over in the next few minutes to check on me. I reluctantly left my warm bed and got dressed in something a bit more appropriate. Throwing on a loose blouse and some cute sweats that made it at least look like I hadn't just hopped out of bed I was ready to go, just in time to. I heard them knock on the door and went to open it, sharing a small smile with Mr.J who was sitting by two cups of coffee. He got up and returned to looking like he was here for something other than pleasure as I opened the door only to see my mom. My mother was an older woman naturally, one who was lucky enough to maintain most of her figure. Mr.J would likely think that's where I got my butt from.
"Grace! It's been so long, you never call!" My mother said as she immediately hugged me. It was always weird when she did things like this a little bit. Acting like the past didn't exist, I'll likely never fully get used to it. I gave her a small smile as she released me. She was looking around the place and her brows creased as she gazed hard at where I assumed Mr.J was standing.
"Where's dad at?" I asked refocusing her.