Chapter 5 Honey

Chapter five

"Hey dad" Genesis spoke softly into her cellphone as she paces around her bedroom

"Hey Honey" her dad greeted back , hearing her dad's voice felt like an uplifting in her spirit.

She stood silent , no words was forming in her head, she just at the moment could not think of a single word to utter , her throat tightened she could feel her eyes getting watery

"Gen ! ,Gen! Are you still there?" Her father voice rang out , she gently wiped her eyes pulling herself together.

"I am dad" she pause for a second then continues "I really miss you a lot dad" her voice crack up a little.

"I miss you too honey " George replied softly, he hear the hurt in the sound of his daughter's voice , he had known her to be the one who would not want to tell anyone exactly how she was feeling.

"How is school?" He asks trying to cheer up her not that he was any good at it but he did well remember his daughter say at a time in the past that he always find a way to get her mind off things.

"Fine" Genesis honestly replied, so far so good she wasn't in any way having any problem.

"Made any new friends?" George asks

"Not really, No " she replies

"Honey , you got to at least try " George breathes out

"I know ,I promise I will try " she assured.

"That's my girl" George let out a laugh causing her giggle , George face lit up as he hears her giggles ,he smiles it had been long since he last saw her smile let alone giggle , he was aware how much the divorce had affected her though she didn't show it. "Talk you later my dear , work awaits"

"Okay dad , bye!" Genesis greeted as she ended the call.

Pulling out of her clothes she soaks herself in her bath tub , the warm water causing tingles in her skin she breathe out a sound of relief.

Resting her head on the side of tub her face staring at the celling she slowly close her eyes letting the warmth get to her.

Her mind wanders as she think of the past

"Daddy!, daddy! Help me " a little girl cries as she his herself in a corner , shivering in fear.

"Why did you take her along you moron" the bulky man with a huge skull tattoo tattooed in his hand just below the elbow snarled at the man in front of him dressed all black , a lot leaner than him.

"I'm sorry I was afraid we did get caught " the leaner man replied running his hand through his dirty blonde hair " what are we going to do now, boss won't like this at all"

" you should have thought of that before dragging the girl along"

"I say we kill her , throw her body into the sea" the leaner man suggested , the little girl shivered more as the words registered in her brain.

Slapping the leaner man , the bulky man spoke up " do you ever use your brain?" He questioned.

"Sorry again , but what do you suggest we do?"

Before he could he was suddenly cut off

" I see you have done the job , nice work boys" walking out of the darkness came a much older that could be more than fifty dressed in an all black suits two other men accompanied him looking more like body guards

"Yes boss , but we encountered a problem" The bulky man spoke first his head down casted.

"What problem Frank?" The unknown man asked

"Louis took a girl along "

"A girl you say , where is she?"

"Over there"

The unknown man turns towards the child direction , a smirk forms in his face

A knock on Genesis room's door snaps her out of her trance as she takes heavy breaths

"Gen are you in there ?, are you okay?" Her mother's voice rings out , pulling herself together she replied

"Yeah I am fine be out in five minutes"

She slowly got out of the bath tub , wrapping herself with her towel , she stared at the window now in front of her , her face look distraught, depressed, it was not often she remembered the event that happened to her when she was twelve but each time she relived the event it always took a toll on her ,she loathed remembering how she was dragged into the world of drugs and hard substance , how they wanted to use her as a medium for pushing marijuana and cocaine since she was a child and would not be easily suspected, how she was forced to do it for almost a month before she was saved by the police thankfully they had managed to post her picture in more than seven cities and she was one day spotted by a female police officer who went out for coffee,if she wasn't saved she had already imagined how her life would have turned out and at a young age it scared her , after her rescue she wouldn't speak a word for about eight months , the major reason why her mother had resulted into taking her for therapy sessions and the people that had been involved she knew nothing of what might have become of them.

Pulling herself together she got dressed up in her pajamas as she walks down the stairs to the kitchen , she spots her mother removing the smoky frying pan from the gas.

"It is sure not in my destiny to cook" she hears her mother mutters , and she could not help but agree

"Another failed attempt" she chirped , June turns to her as she dumps the kitchen napkin on the kitchen table

"You could say that" June agreed

"Let it be mom ,I will handle tonight dinner" Genesis retorted , Genesis wasn't that much of a cook but she new some few things some she had learned from her maternal grandmother cooking book, her grandmother herself and also on the internet even her father was handy in the kitchen but was not a teacher ,often a times she wondered how her grandmother was a good cook and her mother was not.

"I would be so delighted if you do that" June smiled as she moved aside letting her daughter have her way.

June stares intensely has she watched her daughter cook she was in no way learning but she was shocked at how her daughter was cooking with so much focus and with the savoury aroma that had started to fill the air coming from the tomato sauce her daughter was now preparing she could tell her daughter was good when it comes to cooking

"You have your grandmother hands" June unconsciously said out loud

" I will take that as a comment" Genesis replied as she chuckled on her mother out of the blue remark

"Oh! Dear I don't mean you having old hands ,I mean you have her cooking skill"June added to be sure that Genesis had understood her comment

" more like her cooking book" Genesis said out loud

" No way , she gave that to you and here I was wondering where it was since she didn't give it to me " June shockingly replied

" mother I think we all know why she didn't give you " Genesis formed a British accent

" don't mock me child , I am special in my own way" June played along causes both women to crack up a laugh. June smiled as her daughter laughter filled her eyes , the laughter she hadn't heard for a while and at that moment it was like music to her soul.

*****

"You should be named bat girl you know" Genesis pauses ,her potato chips half way into her mouth as she stared up at the girl in front of her holding a lunch pack in her hands "sorry?" she questioned lowly possibly the only word she could think of her wall of protection slowly building itself up.

Sitting down at the opposite side of the lunch table, the girl spoke out"your outfits to school, always in dark shades"

"Oh" Genesis muttered slightly casting her head down as she felt that she was been judged it wasn't the first something like this has happen and she had the feeling hat it would not be the last. Naomi Darren , a name that even till now still sent her shivers down her spine , Naomi Darren had been a thorn in her flesh , the demon haunting her, her nemesis had managed to make her life a living hell that was exactly the reason why Tom stickied to her often but there was always the inevitable bathroom duties not only had Naomi Darren tormented her in all her toilet breaks but also had she managed to track and monitor all toilet breaks she took and soon the restroom became a no go area.

"No offense though ,I think it makes you mysterious , kind of bad and with those chunky boots on you are rocking . I so love mysterious" the girl spoke once again tucking her long brunette hair behind her ears , Genesis stared at her a slight frown ridden on her face, she felt the girl was like her most hated therapist that had visualize her most of the time of therapy sessions as a lab rat

"I don't mean I want to study you" the girl added as she chuckled in embarrassment as she fully read the impression on Genesis horror looked face.

"Oh okay" Genesis replied slowly letting her guard down

"My name is Olivia by the way but most people like to call me Liv , you can call me anyone you are comfortable with"

"Okay, I am Genesis ,you might probably already know given that I am the newest student so far"

"Of course , the whole school knows about you" Olivia giggled and once again Genesis face was filled with fear

"The entire school?" Genesis shakily asked, her fear getting the best of her , her claustrophobia sets in as she adjust the neck of her dark ash blouse , feeling suffocated now regretting putting on a turtle neck long sleeve to school.

Noticing Genesis discomfort, Olivia spoke out fast" not to worry at all , just don't get in trouble and no one will bother you. It is a small town after all ,the people here don't do well with new comers "

"And you?, aren't you from this town" Genesis breaths out , taking in another deep breath.

"Of course I am ,spent my whole life here , I am a little different ,I am a people person " Olivia smiled sincerely.

"Oh!. Okay that's nice" Genesis replied , the air around her getting lighter , her suffocation almost gone

"So where were you staying before you moved here?" Olivia asked

Genesis wasn't keen to opening up to people she wasn't well familiar with but she felt that there was something about Olivia that suddenly make her comfortable and she couldn't help but agree more with her that she was a people person.

"I stayed in New York with my parents , but now they are divorced so I moved here with my mom" Genesis opened up

"Sorry about your parents,I should not have asked , I am such a nosy person don't you think , oh my God my dad was right...." Olivia blabbed on , Genesis giggled as she watched Olivia talked with different expression forming on her face.

Olivia stopped abruptly as the laughter of Genesis filled her ears , a smile immediately creeps up her face "You look beautiful when you laugh ,you should do that often" standing up from the seat her lunch pack in her right hand.

Genesis laughter dies off as she stare at the strange girl in front of her.

"My work here is done ,I made you smile then I made you laugh ,I am shocked though didn't think I would succeed. Bye my new friend see you another time" Olivia smiled once more and without waiting for a response she skipped out of the cafeteria has Genesis watched in awe as her retreating figure disappeared.