CHAPTER 44:
Strangers.
Quinn

"Quinn, can you sit down please?"

Mom was sitting in the living room with a plastic bag on the table, and I nervously walked over.

". . .Am I in trouble?"

"I don't know. What's this?" She emptied the bag to reveal condoms and lube.

"I told you no sex in my house."

"Oh my god, mom! I'm not having sex!" I quickly grabbed the items and shoved them back in, but she reached for the bag.

"The box isn't even open yet."

"Yet? Quinn, you're a teenager and teenagers do not make good decisions when it comes to these things," Mom insisted, "having sex at this age is irresponsible. Do you really want to ruin your life?"

"Why do you think I bought condoms? When Eli and I are ready, we'll be safe," I told her, but mom has always been harsh about talking about sex. She even made me scared of it as a kid.

"No. Absolutely not. You're not-"

"Why not? I'm almost an adult."

"I can't have you end up like me!" She shouted before pulling back.

Oh. . .

I sometimes forget that my mom is young compared to other moms. She was seventeen when she had me, and she never told me anymore about that and insisted that although she doesn't regret having me, she wishes she had more money to have taken care of me.

"I never wanted to talk to you about this stuff because I didn't want to being reckless. I. . .I never told you my struggles as a new mom because it was the most shameful part of my life," She held my hands in hers.

"I had to steal just to make sure I could feed the both of us, and going to school was even worse. And at the end of it, I had to beg Jesse to stay and then he. . .I don't want you to make the same mistakes I did."

"But because you raised me, I know how. I know how I should be treated, and I have the most amazing boyfriend. The only way you could go wrong is if I started dating Kyler," I joked and she chuckled, and I could see her nerves loosening to the fact that she raised a smart girl.

"I'm glad to have raised such a smart girl," She hugged me with a sigh of relief.

"Never, ever beg a man to stay."

"I know," I smiled, "Hey, I was thinking of doing that Ancestry thing. I think it would be fun-"

"No," Her kindness and warmth suddenly vanished as she pulled away from the hug.

Huh?

"You said we might have some German so I wanted to see if-"

"We can't," She cut me off.

"Why?" I questioned, crossing my arms.

"There's just a lot about our family I'd prefer you not to know. I promise when you're eighteen, I'll tell you everything. But there's enough bad blood in our family," She checked her watch, "and I have to make sure that Dennis booked my flight for tomorrow. Dinners in the fridge."

And she left.

I know with Kreese being my grandfather and how he treated my mom was awful, especially with how he sided with Jesse. Was it something Jesse did? Did he cheat on mom?

How much more bad can this family get?

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Hope you enjoyed! So obviously, while Kristen is gone, Quinn will go snooping for the skeletons in her families closet.
Do you think Terry or Mike looks more like her? 🤔