Ria
The sizzling sound of the pot on the cooker startled me from my morning thought.
Shit. I rushed over taking the cover off it and throwing it into the sink.
I whisked my fingers, trying to sooth the pain bubbling through my fingers.
“How did you let the food burn for crying out loud, Maria?” Jonah, my step brother yelled from the dinning.
I had gotten used to his daily taunts but that didnt mean it hurt any little.
I understood perfectly, my mother had married his father and then ran off with another man leaving me behind.
I didn’t think I’d ever understand how a mother could just run away from her family like that, but then maybe I shouldn’t have been as surprised as I was when my own mother left. She gave no excuse, no reassurance that she loved me or wanted me to leave with he
