Chapter One
'How can you have nothing to wear? Your closet is FULL of clothes!'
Meradith stood looking at her daughters clothes, which were currently occupying half of the floor as well as the wardrobe.
'I may have lots of Clothes mum but I don?t have an Outfit!?
Rose stood in dismay in the middle of her bedroom wondering how exactly her mother was always immaculately dressed without a strand of hair out of place, while she was left looking like an 80?s reject with hair even Little Orphan Annie would gasp at, with its unmanageable red curls and life of its own.
She stood there pale and curvy in nothing but a pair of pink knickers and a black bra looking flushed while Meradith Stood, looking poised and professional with a sleek blond bob and figure hugging black dress completed with black stilettos and a wide red belt around her enviously flat stomach.
?Tell me the truth mum?
Rose said, half hoping she was right.
?Am I adopted??
?Where do you get such preposterous ideas from!? Its that friend of yours Holly isn?t it, I told you that one was to brash for you, ever since you met her you?ve changed Rosalind and I don?t like it?
She pursed her lips and looked disapprovingly at her wayward daughters appearance.
?You even went and got that Thing in your midriff its common I tell you!?
Rose looked down at her Belly button and smiled at her newly done piercing, a tiny butterfly hung from an even tinier silver hoop.
She smiled while remembering her friend Holly daring her to have it done during a rare day out in town shopping.
?Live a little!? Holly had told her ?I haven?t seen you crack a smile in months since he left its about time you started to cheer up and live a little so come on!?
Rose had drawn the line at copying her friend and having a tattoo and settled for this as it reminded her of her darling Abbie who loved butterflies.
Thinking of Abbie, Rose dragged her mind back to the present and hurriedly grabbed the nearest clean looking skirt and top she could find and ran into her tiny bathroom to get changed.
?Really Rosalind cant you buy some new clothes some of these are positively ancient!?
Meradith picked up a silver mini skirt and stared at it.
?I think I remember wearing something like this when I was a teenager and we all know your not a young girl anymore, you have responsibilities and you need to start acting like it! Its no wonder that nice young man left you if you carried on as if you were a teenager I wouldn?t-?
?Mother? Rose said sharply ?I thought we agreed not to discuss that anymore, its over, finished with I don?t need to hear it again?
Meradith took a breath, prepared to make sure she got to have the last word.
?Its not right I tell you Rosalind, A woman shouldn?t have a child and then bring it up alone you need a man why don?t you get him back I?m sure if you apologised for whatever was wrong he would come back?
Rose Ducked down and started pulling on some boots to avoid telling her mother that wild horses couldn?t drag her within 50 miles of her ex husband after what he did to her and Abbie, Abandoning them to be with that woman and her unborn child.
She hadn?t told her mother the reason they had split up, couldn?t bear to hear the disappointment in her voice while she no doubt lectured her on how she could have kept him from straying if only she had cooked more for him or ironed his shirts more often.
She settled for half hearted agreements and nods while she finished getting ready by tying her hair back in a loose pony tail and applying a touch of lipstick.
?I have to dash mum I was supposed to pick up Abbie half an hour ago from Holly?s , Meradith opened her mouth again with that look in her eye and Rose just knew she was about to start on about her friend again so she put on a big smile and started ushering her mother out of the room and into the hallway, talking 100 miles an hour to not let her get a word in, She didn?t stop talking nonsense until she was standing in front of her mothers new Mercedes.
?Sorry about the quick visit but I have to dash maybe if you ring me tomorrow I can let you know when ill be in??
She secretly crossed her fingers praying she would be out if her mother called, She kissed Meradith goodbye and shut the car door on her before she could utter another word. Waving as she drove off she waited until the car was out of sight before letting the smile and the arm drop.
With a sigh and a noticeable drop of the shoulders she began walking to her friends house, glad that nobody was around to distract her from her thoughts which were filled with Him.