Chapter 8
Hendrix POV
What the fuck has caused my sister to be a badass like she is now. She isn't even scared of me. My brothers are fucken scared of me but she goes toe to toe with me and doesn't back down at all. I can't believe it at all. "Dad what the fuck has happened to her?" I asked him.
Right now Harlow was in the shower and the rest of us were waiting in the room for her to get done so we could have a serious conversation with her. Last night she was fucken drunk off her face. Anything could of happened to her. She bloody just turned 16 and is walking around the streets pissed as a fart. "She grew up without us bud" my father replied sounding defeated. I just nodded my head, she did grow up and we haven't been part of that for the last 6 years. "Things are going to change now, she will be coming home with us and her attitude better fucken change quick smart" I replied. All my brothers agreed, dad just shook his head. "Let me do the talking" my father said once we heard the water turn off.
When Harlow stepped out of the bathroom, she didn't even acknowledge us just scanned the room looking for something. Dad clears his throat before telling Harlow to take a seat. She continues to head over to the table grabbing her phone, dad tells her to sit down again but she just ignores him and walks towards the door where Kody is standing against it. I couldn't help myself and used my president voice as my brothers call it and say "sit". She has the audacity to say "excuse me" but doesn't do as she was told.
That's all it takes for me to get a little pissed and I put more force into my voice saying "I said sit little girl". She doesn't flinch at all in fact Harlow faces me head on and says " last I checked Hendrix, you have no fucken say in my life so back the fuck off". I'm shocked, even my brothers don't stand up to me like she is doing now.
She heads over to Kody and demands he moves before telling him she will make him. Now this I would like to see. Next minute she kicks him in the balls and he is on the ground whimpering. Shit, I move quickly stopping Harlow leaving the room. "Let me go" she says deadly calm. I won't back down from this so I say "or what little girl? You won't get a chance to put me on my arse" I reply. She pushed back telling me I don't want to test her and I don't know her. That hit home, I don't know her anymore and she doesn't know me.
I pick her up around the waist and take her over to the chairs. She is trying to get out of my hold but I'm a lot stronger and bigger than her. She is thrashing her hands and kicking her legs and manages to get a few good hits on me "fucken stop it Harlow. No one is going to hurt you. Just fucken listen for fucks sake" I say before putting her on the chair on the other side of the room. Harlow immediately tries to get up but I push her back down on the chair. I stand behind the chair and hold her shoulders so she doesn't try to get up she leave until we have spoken.
Once Jax and Jett got Kody up and sitting on the bed, dad grabbed a chair and sat in front of Harlow. "Let me go Hendrix" Harlow said still trying to get my hands off her shoulders. "I'll let you go if you sit and listen to what we have to say" I replied calmly. "Why the fuck should I?" Harlow asked still trying to get up. "Harlow please just give us a chance to speak to you" my father said. "You have 5 minutes then none of you will stop me from leaving otherwise I'm going to scream bloody murder" she replied. "Fine" dad replied.
"Harlow, we didn't abandon you. After I sent you to your Aunts place I kicked your mother out. What she was doing to you was wrong and I needed you safe so I could make her leave" dad began but Harlow scoffed. "It's true Harlow. Just listen ok?" I spoke out. "Anyway as I was saying I needed to know you were safe so I could get your mother out. Things didn't go to plan and it took a lot longer than expected to deal with it. She caused a lot of problems for us and it was dangerous. 3 years ago we got it sorted mainly because your mother overdosed" dad said.
"What?" Harlow asked. "Shit didn't your aunt let you know. Fuck Harlow I am so sorry you found out like that" dad said attempting to hug Harlow but she moved out of the way. "My mother is dead? Three fucken years and you tell me like that?" She ranted as she paced the room. She was more like dad then any of us could imagine.
"Baby, I'm so sorry. I thought you knew. Anita said you didn't want to come back for the funeral, I thought you knew" dad said with his head hung low. "You have 2 minutes before I walk out that door and the only thing you have said is my mother is dead" Harlow stated rather coldly.
Dad didn't speak so I spoke up. "Harlow we wanted you home immediately, we tried calling you and texting but you never answered your phone. We wrote you letters and sent parcels to you begging you to come home. We even called Anita telling her to make you come home but she just told us you were happy here and didn't want to return. We didn't know you changed your number. Why the hell wouldn't you tell us?" I asked. "Why the hell would I? Two years I waited for you, any of you to come see me and bring me home and not one of you fucken did. I cried myself to sleep every fucken night because I was alone. You abandoned me for her. The third year I decided I was never going to rely on any of you again and I have been doing fine without you since. I will continue to be fine without you again so fuck off home. I don't want nor do I need any of you anymore" she screamed before heading towards the door.
"You are coming home with us Harlow, drinking and getting tattoos is not fine" I replied. "Times up arsehole, I'm out and will not be going anywhere with you" she replied before heading out the door and slamming it on her way out. "Give her time to calm down then we will head over to Anita's place to help her pack her stuff and take her home" dad said. "Do you really think she is going to come willingly?" Leo asked. "By the looks of it, we are going to have a hell of a fight on our hands" I replied. "She has changed and not for the better" Jett said. I just nodded my head. My sister isn't the same girl she use to be and from what she said we are the cause of that.