Jades childhood

Chapter 21

early the next day jade and joss got ready to drive the 20 minutes to their dads house

when they got there grace answered the door dressed in a plush white bathrobe

"hey joss, merry chirstmas!" she exclaimed bending down to pick joss up and give him a giant hug

"hii1" he smiled throwing his little arms around her neck and snuggling into graces side

this sight made jades stomach churn. that should be anna hugging him like that not some other lady her father decided to bring in to his house

"wheres dad?" she asked politely trying to break up their little moment

"oh hi jade. merry Christmas. he's inside waiting for you two." she replied dully barely glancing over to her

She gave her a weak smile and scooted inside to sit awkwardly on the floor by the Christmas tree

"Hi dad" she said quietly looking up at him while he sat and drank his morning coffee

He didn't say anything back, just nodded his head a bit and continuing to frown upon her

"Jade can you move, I wanna take some pictures of jossy joss by the Christmas tree" she asked still holding Joshua and bopping him a bit in her arms

"Sure" she muttered before standing up to sit elsewhere

Jade bitterly watched her take pictures of a grinning joss clapping his hands looking at all the presents-which there were a lot of

Once they decided to start opening them David got up and got two big presents for joss and one small gift bag for jade, before lacing them in front of each of them and going to sit back on his arm chair

Joss eagerly tore open the first box and there was a giant fire truck inside that lit up and made noise just like a real one. He let out a huge gasp before going to sit on top of it like one of his plastic cars at home that he could actually sit on

"You like it buddy?" David asked hopefully
"I love it" joss grinned back

"Oh these photos are just too cute" grace said snapping pictures of him and his new treasure

"Are you gonna send those to my mom" jade Asked while she continued photographing the three year old

"No silly why would I do that? These are going straight to my Instagram" she replied quickly not even sparing her a glance

"Wel I dunno maybe cause he's HER son, not your instagram model, he's not you step son you're just some lady who's come to ruin all our lives" jade thought angrily. She wished she could say that out loud but she knew she couldn't else she'd be in serious trouble

Joss opened his other box and inside was another ginormous tonka Dump truck which he also eagerly began to play with

He opened four more presents before jade got the chance to open her first one which was a bright pink t shirt with rhinestones on it

Jades smiled faltered looking at the hideous new price of clothing

Had her own father really not noticed her style change and that she wore mostly black now?

"You always wear so much of that hideous black color so I thought I would get you some color in your life" he said glancing over at her and her growing frown

So he had noticed, but decided to try to change her cause there was something wrong with her she thought still staring at the shirt in front of her

"Oh it's-its great dad, thanks"she uttered out before flashing him the fakest smile ever

Aside from the pink shirt the only other present she got was a pink notebook and pencil set which she also wrinkled her nose at it

During dinner jade picked at her food for the most part, she only really ate the potatoes and corn cause she didn't care for the meat much

"So jade.." grace started with a devilish smile playing on her lips while jade braced for the worst to be said "I heard you got dumped a few days ago"

Jades eyes widened, she hasn't excepted that to be said, sure she was expecting something bad but not that. She didn't even know how she found out

"H-how do you know" She stammered still staring at her almost step mother

"Word gets around when your boyfriend of two months dumps you unexpectedly" she smiled "your father told me"

"Who told you!" She yelled towards her father

"Your mother called me yesterday and told me to be extra gentle with your feelings, but cut the bull crap. You're not worth any boys time"

Jade didn't cry. She wanted to but she couldn't. Not in front of her father because she knew he'd make fun of her, so she didn't

She did cry when she got home from her father that night

All night long

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