My Mystery Mate

The Beginning 5 years ago….. My mother left to go work and left me at the house with my so-called father, if you can even call him that. You see, my father is a deadbeat/ He has never kept a job for more than 3 months. My mother is the provider. My father lives off my mother and he is so rude. But the thing is, my father told my mother that I needed a babysitter so he could go out to look for a job even though I was 13 years old. And that is when everything went downhill. My mother told my father I was old enough to stay home by myself. But my father didn’t agree with that. So he decided to get hold of an 18-year-old. I honestly didn't know at the time how he got her number or where she knew him from. But my mother said to my father fine and that she was going to change the passcode to the safe, and he wouldn’t get the new pass code and that she wasn’t paying for the babysitter at all, when she knew that I was old enough to watch myself. You see, my mother is an amazing person. Well, that is my opinion. She always wants to help everyone, but with my father she refuses to help him. When I was little, my mother took me to the bank and took his name off of the back accounts. To this day, my father has no idea that my mother has cut him off, because she gave him money that he needed for food that day and that is it. But if I ask my mother for money she will always give it to me when my father is not looking or paying attention. So he doesn’t try to use me to get more money from my mother. But when my mother told my father about the change in the passcode, he was livid. He yelled about how he was supposed to pay the babysitter with no money, or no job.” My mother replied calmly “I don’t know, and I don’t care. My daughter is old enough to stay home alone. So I am not paying anyone to watch her. Plus, I am the one working, not you. So the money is mine and that is my final say. So the answer is no.” After my mother said that, she walked away from him. I stood back and watched my father’s face. It turned a deep red. Which always means he is pissed. He doesn’t ever like to be told no about anything. Anyway, the next day, I didn’t have school because it was a service day. My father didn't know this because he hadn’t really been much into my schooling. So I decided to stay in my room but when I heard my father’s voice saying “they are both not here. The b***h is at work and her daughter is at school.” Then there was a woman’s voice that spoke next. The woman said “So did our plan work about me babysitting your daughter?” My father said “no, the b***h said she would change the passcode on the safe and that damn thing is nearly impossible to break open. So the b***h did what she said she was going to do. She changed it for me. But I bet she told our daughter. And I know I can get it out of her by being sweet. Even though I hate her and her mother.” The woman replied “how are we supposed to leave with no money? You said we could leave this weekend. I have everything packed, plus my lease is up this weekend. What are we going to do?” My father said “well, I guess I can say you were being abused, and I found you outside a*****e where I was putting in an application, and that I decided to take you in for the night and we can leave tomorrow. I know I still have access to her bank account, so we will have money. I promise. The woman replied “okay, fine, but I have to look abused. So how am I supposed to do that?” My father said “your face doesn’t need to look abused, but your so-called boyfriend always avoided your face.” The woman smiled and then started to kiss him, and he started to kiss her back, that is when they started to take off each other’s clothes. They didn’t even notice that I was in the house and that I had come downstairs and started to record their actions. Let’s just say that was nasty to record. I knew I had to protect my mother because she deserved so much better. About three minutes later, I got up and walked quietly back to my room. When I got back there, I sent everything to my mother. I even told her I was sorry. My mother texted back that she wasn’t mad and thanked me for showing what my father had been up to. And that she was coming home. And with that I knew she was pissed because she never comes home early unless she is really sick, or I am really sick, which rarely happens. After the text messages to my mother, I decided to go back downstairs to continue recording what they were saying now. Once I got back downstairs, I set my phone to record and I heard them talking. The woman said “So how are we going to do this?” Do I act all scared or not?” My father replied “Karen, just act like you don’t know me. We will go with the flow.” While Karen nodded her head. Yes, when the front door opened she walked into my mother. My father jumped up and Karen was still naked on the couch. My father asked “what are you doing home so early?” My mother stated “Do you not realize that your daughter has been home all day recording you and your mistress.” I came out of hiding. My father looked like he was going to pass out and pissed all at the same time. I said “Hello Father. Hi, my father's slut named Karen. Yes, I was recording your whole conversation and your guys having sex.” My father said “that video was faulty. Mariah, tell your mother you are messing around now!” I replied “father, I will never lie to my mother. She deserves the truth. She deserves to be loved and not to be used for money and a place to stay and get treated like garbage. No. The video isn’t fake, or faulty.” Karen said "you little brat!" She tried to hit me, but I stopped her by grabbing her arm and broke it in several places. I said "And I have that on videotape. And everything is getting backed up as we speak. To a file at one of my friend's houses. So try to call the cops you ugly bitch." Father looked horrified that I just took down his eighteen-year-old girlfriend while I was 13 years old." My mom smirked. But then they turned back to them and said "Eric and Karen are it. Get your asses out of my house." Father said "I also own this house, so I think Karen and I will be living here." Mother said "Okay, that is fine. Mariah and I are moving anyway. But you don’t have money, and you don't have access to any accounts; mine or our daughters. And I got a better position and a pay raise. More than what I made before. Oh, and I will call the bank right now to tell them to take my name off the deed." Which my mom did just that right in front of them. Once that was said and done, my mother said "now my name is off the deed, I have to shut off the utilities that are in my name, so I can turn them back on in my name at mine and my daughter's new house." Father said "You can't leave us with nothing, Michelle. I am your husband." Mother said "Oh, did I forget to tell you before coming back to your house? I have already connected with a lawyer and I have filed the divorce already and the papers should be here any minute." After my mother said that, the doorbell rang. I went to get it. It was a lawyer. The lawyer said "Mr. Eric Burke, you have been severed." With that the lawyer walked out. My mother and I smiled. My father said "you filed and stated I committed a******y. You know I have to pay that right." Mother said "Yes, I know. So Mariah, please grab your clothes and anything that is irreplaceable." I nodded, I turned around and ran upstairs. I got pictures and clothes and a stuffed animal of a wolf that my late grandfather gave him before he passed away. My grandfather knew my favorite animal was the wolf. Because they are strong and they are free. I zipped up my bags and went downstairs and said "Mother, I am all ready to go." I went to where everyone was. My father said "You can't take my daughter away from me. So my daughter will be staying here." I said "father, no judge with the right mindset will let me live with you because, for one, you don’t have a job, two, you won't have any electricity or running water or heat. Three, I am old enough to make the decision where and whom I want to live with. And let me tell you, I won't pick you. I will ALWAYS choose my mother." Father said" Fine, get out of my house, the both of you." When my father said that, my mother went right on the phone with the electric company and Gas Company to tell them to shut everything off that is in her name because she is moving. And my mother shut off the internet and cable and everything. Karen said "Baby, what are we going to do? I need electricity, water and the internet for my phone. I want it now. Go call the electric company and everyone and tell them to turn it back on." Father said "I can't use her name because she has pins for every account and I don’t know them. And I don’t have the money to turn everything on. So can you just hold on? Please." My father turned to me and said "Mariah, you won't leave your father stranded with nothing, will you? You know I love you, right? Please help your poor father." I just laughed and got into the car with my mother. My mother just drove off. My mother even took his phone and shut it off because it was under her name in her plan. I said "where are we going to live?" My mother said "we are moving to a place called Blue Moon, in Delaware…… Five years later…… I was finally starting school again after my mother made me do homeschooling. Which I hated, but her reasoning was because she didn't want my father to find us and make such a fuss and create trouble for everyone. Which I understood. So I haven’t made any friends here, so I am always alone because of that. Yeah, I had a mother, but it wasn't the same as having friends. Then I picked up the newspaper and read that my father had lost his house and his girlfriend had broken up with him, and he literally had nothing left. He said "I will always regret the day that my daughter was taken away from me because of her mother and I split up. I lost my daughter, and she wants nothing to do with me. But that is okay. I will survive somehow." So I ran downstairs to where my mother was and showed her that he didn't care where we were and that I could finally start high school now. Since it is my senior year and, plus, it is almost my eighteenth birthday. Please, mother, let me go back to school. I know what my father looks like, and I won't fall for his treats and/or anyone's threats please. Please mother, I really want to go to school, and so I can get into Stanford for business like my mother. Please, mother?" My mother said "Fine, I will enroll you. I love you sweetheart." I got up and hugged her and thanked her. I ran upstairs, I could hear my mother laughing at my silliness. So, tomorrow will be my first day of school. I was really nervous because it is a new school, new people and I don’t know anyone yet. But I was very excited…