forum The begining

Started July 24, 2019 by @TrashyBeth_has_broken_her_Finger

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"Great…" brink mumbled "you're sure you don't want to sleep for this?"

"positive what more pain can I possibly feel" she said

"you;d be surprised." he replied, trying to be as gentle as possible when he inserted the knife

She sighed closing her eyes

Brink shook his head when he saw the blood well up and gently took the knife out "I can't, i'm sorry." he stood to find his mom, not trusting himself to keep a level head while working

She sighed " I'll find someone to do it then" she said

He brought Harley back into the living room, explaining that vanessa had a tracking device in her neck and that he couldn't get it out

Vanessa had stood up sniffling " don't worry about it it'll be out"

Harley shook her head "uh uh, no way am I being woken up tot he news that you have a tracking device in you're neck. Sit down and I'll get this out. Brink, go find Novocain.

"NO! Just stop" she said

Harley tilted her head, her eyes a deep bluish green in the lighting of the room. "Ness, that thing needs to be taken out immediately."

"I know" she said her eyes tearing up "but not here nowhere near here" she said

"What difference does it make? you've already entered this house with it in. They probably already know where you are, why does it make a difference if they know?" Brink had rarely seen his mother this mad at anyone that she cared for, rarely heard her raise her voice at anyone

"because it doesn't work until you hit that month mark once I hit that month Mark where have to pay my dues it electrocute me but it doesn't matter anymore now does it because I'm leaving and I'm never coming back" she said

Harley pressed a hand to her head and massaged gently. "How much do you need." she asked softl. Brink looked between the two before backing away, knowing he didn't want to be near either of them for now. He locked himself in his room and sat on his bed. He couldn't think straight

"a lot and I don't have that much and I can't get locked up there again"she said starting to cry "I'll kill myself if the time comes and I don't have enough money I will kill myself I don't care what happened"

"Will 500 thousand cover it?" she asked, watching as her son left before crouching down beside Vanessa "you;re not going there."

She sniffled " I should leave"

"how. much. will. cover. it." Harley repeated again, slowly this time, her patience running low.

"it's my job to pay it and if I can't pay it I have to run" she said

"until what? they kill you off?" She shook her head and stood "that's not going to happen

" I don't care my whole life I'm just going to be the monster no one's ever going to care about me" she said

Harley whirled in place, her temper snapped "really?! then what about Brink? what about us? Have we not cared about you?! Have we not loved you?! Has Brink not given you his heart? And have you not given yours his? Doesn't that show that you're capable of being loved?!"

"you think I don't know that I try everyday to be the perfect daughter but I can't and I never will be able to" she said "this is so hard for daughter to ask for mother to accept her the way she is?"

"We don't ask for you to be perfect Ness. None of us are. none of us want to be perfect. To fir the mold Gotham tries to force us into." She sighed softly, trying to calm her nerves.