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My gaze shifted toward the direction of her voice as she stumbled out of her driver-side door. She’d parked her car in the middle of the road in front of our home.
“Fuck,” I bit to myself. Moving quickly, I made my way over to her where she practically fell into my arms.
I knew it.
I fucking knew it.
This wasn’t the first time either. Her mother had been acting weird for weeks. She went from being up Kinley’s ass to barely seeing her. It didn’t take a genius to put two and two together. Kinley was too emotionally blind to see it. She would if she let herself though. It wasn’t hard to miss.
“Miss McKenzie—”
“Hooow many timesss do I have to tells you to call meeeee Linda?” she slurred, hanging onto my shoulder.
“We need to get you an Uber home before Kinley sees you.”
“Whaaat?” She jolted back, almost falling over her own two feet. “I’m heeere for my baby’s—”
“You’re drunk,” I cut her off.
“I jussst had a little bits! You know, to celebrate!”
I shook my head, fearing the worst. Not for her…
For Kinley.
If she saw her mom like this, it would destroy her. There were hundreds of people inside, and this couldn’t have been worse timing.
“You shouldn’t have driven.”
“Christiannnn, I’m fine.”
“You’re far from fine, Miss McKenzie.”
“Where’sss my baby’s? Where’s my Kinley Care Bearsss?”
Trying to hold her upright while grabbing my phone out of the pocket of my slacks was a challenge, but I couldn’t let Kinley see her mom like this. It’d break her heart, and I refused to cause her that kind of pain, today of all days. She hadn’t seen her mom in this condition in years, and all I wanted to do was strangle her fucking mother in my arms for putting Kinley through this yet again.
But I was too late.
I couldn’t protect her fast enough.
“Mom,” Kinley coaxed, suddenly standing in front of us. Her eyes locked on the woman who was a drunken mess in my tight hold.
I’d never seen the expression on my girl’s face like it was in that second, killing me slowly in the process.
“Baby’s! Congratulationsssss! I’m soooooo proud of youuuu!”
“Oh my God,” she rasped with wide eyes.
It was as if she was reliving her worst nightmare. Her face paled, and I could already see tears forming in her stare.
“Babe, go back inside,” I pleaded, hoping she’d listen to me. “I’ll take care of your mom.”
Unable to resist, Kinley questioned, “Mom, when did you relapse?”
“I didnnn’t relapsssse. I just had a sipssss.”
My heart broke for my girl. I couldn’t believe her mother could be this fucking selfish. It didn’t matter how hard I tried to protect Kinley from this, it was bound to happen eventually.
