Breaking Point (Sequel)

Chapter 25

"She's different." I said slowly. Now I had Samantha's full attention. She furrowed her eyebrows as if she didn't understand what I was talking about.

"What do you mean different?" Samantha asked, emphasizing the last word.

"I mean she hardly leaves her room all day and she's treating Addison different." I say, in one breath. They both look at Addison, puzzled at what I had just told them.

"No that can't be true. There's not way Sara could not love her own child." Sara retaliated, choosing not to believe me. I wanted to be wrong but I know I knew I wasn't.

"I know because you've known Sara for so long that it's hard to believe me but you have to trust me when I say that she's changing and she's not herself anymore." I try to explain but Samantha wasn't having any of it. She was choosing not to believe but it was hard to try and convince someone that's known a person all their life is now suddenly different.

It was silent for some time. The air in the room became thick with tension. "What do you think it might be? Is something bothering her?" Niall asked.

I tried to accumulate all my confrontations with Sara from when I started to notice a change in her.

"I will make her food but she won't eat it. At first I thought she might have just not been feeling good-like the flu or something. She barely leaves our bed all day. She's just not happy anymore. In the beginning it didn't look all that concerning but that was until I saw the way she acted around Addison."

"From what your telling us, could it be possible that Sara could be depressed or something along the lines of that?" Niall asked genuinely. I looked down at me feet, not wanting to consider the possibility.

"That could be possible but-"

"Wait you said something about her treating Addison differently? What did you mean by that?" Samantha asked passing Addison over to Niall. He took her with open arms and setting her in his lap.

"So won't even call her by her own name anymore. She refers to her as 'the baby.' As soon as I get home, she expects me to take Addison from her which I have no problem with but she's acting like she's some kind of burden." I tell them.

"I just don't understand how she can be depressed when I've tried to give her everything she could ever want." I protested. My voice was low, almost sounding like a whisper.

"Look, we all know what we want the end result to be- to get Sara whatever she needs to take care of herself. Even if that means getting her some professional help." Niall says, making a good point.

"You know Sara would never go for that." Samantha says, speaking up.

"Well as far as I'm concerned, if she wants to get better than she doesn't have a choice." Niall retaliates. Samantha wasn't accepting his answer, wanting to prove that her opinion was more valid.

Niall and Samantha start to bicker back and forth on what they think should happen with Sara. I sit back in the couch, quietly trying to piece everything together and think for myself. I was tuning out they're conversation and it felt like I was in my own silent world.

"I think I'm just going to go home and talk to her about all this." I mumble but their talking continues like they hadn't even heard me. "Hello?" I speak a little louder. Still nothing.

I wasn't going to sit here and listen to them argue about what they think should happen so I got up and made my way over to them. I retrieved Addison from Niall's arms, stopping their conversation for the first time in five minutes.

"Where are you going?" Niall asked, confused.

"Home. It was bad idea coming here." I began to walk away. "I'll meet you at Louis' tomorrow"