Chapter 71

"Well take it back and shove it up their fucking ass!" I screamed before throwing my apron and spatula on the counter and storming out the back door into the alley. Falling back against the wall, I sank to the floor as the stress of the day finally took its tole on my body and mind. I'd gotten into a huge screaming match with Scar this morning over cereal. Cereal. And it was all my fault. No surprise. I was barely coping with my father's absence as it was, and then there was Scar, and work, and mom, and everything was just too much. It was too much. Scar had been perfect. He's been my rock, never once leaving my side as I lashed out at him in my grief. He just seemed to know what I needed when I got hysterical. He never fought back. No, the fights were always one sided and I think that's what made me feel even worse. No matter how much I screamed and threw things, he never retaliated. He waited until I was done throwing a fit before talking me down. He was the only thing g