Chapter 20

I nodded and glanced at the WhatsApp chat. As expected, Racquelle had bombarded me with dozens of messages filled with insults. "Joshua, I've called you so many times! Why didn't you answer? Are you deaf?" "If you don't want your ears, just cut them off. If you can't do it, I'll help you." "It's late, and I can't get a cab. Are you seriously trying to keep me from going home?" "Pathetic scum! If you don't pick up again, just leave the Smiths!" One insult after another flooded my screen. If I received messages like these in the past, I would have rushed to pick her up. But now, I wasn't going to indulge her like that anymore. Racquelle was an adult and needed to take responsibility for her actions. Soon, I wouldn't be part of the Smith family. Did I really need to keep enduring her behavior? Besides, every time she called me over, it was just to humiliate and belittle me. It was never about anything important. Didn't she have Vernon? Why didn't she call him to pick her up? "