er 10 : Tears Please don't cry , dry your eyes , never let up . Forgive but don't forget , girl keep your head up . - Tupac Bunny worked a few blocks over from the Cooper Stone building where Helen worked . Friday afternoon Jaxon called her and asked if she could take his mom home because he had to finish up on the rig he was working on . Happily , Bunny agreed . It was nearly seven thirty when Bunny walked into the house . She stalked over to where Jaxon sat on the couch with Ty and they could tell that she was pissed . " Call your brother and sister . I need to talk to the three of you . Now , damn it ! " " Okay , is everything okay ? " he asked scrolling through his phone to get to their numbers . " No , nothing is okay . " She stormed to the kitchen and yanked open the freezer . " Why the hell do we not have ice cream ? " Twenty minutes later , JD showed up and shortly after that so did Jolene , with ice cream . " Do you remember a day last week when your mom was out later than usual and you all went stupid ? " Bunny demanded of the three siblings sitting on her couch . " We were worried about her . " Jolene said . " You know I don't like her taking the bus . " Jaxon reminded her . " And why was she taking the bus , Jonathan David ? " " I had the car . " JD offered . " Why did you have the car ? " she demanded . " School . " He said uncertain of where this was going . " And your mom had work . Don't you have a student bus pass ? " " Yeah .... " " Then why the hell is your mom making a car payment for a car she never has ? " Bunny yelled . " Isn't that her job ? " the youngest sneered . " Um , no . Her job was to get you ready to live on your own . To know how to take care of yourself . To get you the fuck out of her house ! " 1/4 :: 54 pm P PPD Chapter 10 : Tears " Okay , so maybe we should look at how often JD has the car . " Jolene suggested . " ID is not going to have the car . Jaxon , didn't you say that your boss has a little pickup for sale ? " " Yeah . " He said rubbing his neck . " A little ranger I think . " " Find out how much . JD you're going to start driving that and give the car back to your mom . " She said and he started to object , and she raised her hand to silence him . " You leave for boot camp in less than a year . If you want something else , get a job and pay for it your own damned self . " " I have school ! " " AND YOUR MOM JUST CRIED ON MY SHOULDER FOR AN HOUR ! BECAUSE OF YOU ASSHOLES ! " Bunny yelled at them . Ty stood up and she turned to glare at him . He quietly sat back down in the recliner . " Why ? " a stunned Jolene asked . " That day that she came home late , and let me point out that she is forty - three years old and has that right . She was excited and wanted to share something with you . Any of you . All of you . And all you did was berate her for coming home late . " " That's part of the problem . You don't see that your mom has wants and needs . " Bunny chastised them . " Jaxon thinks that something bad is going to happen on the bus and told her not to take it . JD always has her car . You're all to busy for her . " She stopped pacing and looked at them . " She's lonely . You each have your lives and that's how it's supposed to be . But , when she doesn't come home when she's supposed to , you all yell at her . The girls from her office asked her to join them tonight and she said she couldn't . Because you three wouldn't allow it . " They all started objecting at once and she again raised her hand to silence them . " Think about this . For the first eighteen years of her life , she lived with a father who ignored her , a stepmother who beat her and a stepbrother who abused her . Yeah , we talked about a lot . " The three siblings flinched . They knew that their mother had a rough childhood , but did not know how bad it really was . " And then she spent the next what twenty - three years married to your dad . Who was cold and controlling and cheated on her . Guys , your mom is one of the sweetest people that I know . But she doesn't know who she is . " She sat on the coffee table in front of the couch . " She was so excited when she got home and saw you all were there . But as soon as she walked through the door , you three started yelling at her . " 2/4 : 54 pm P PPD . Chapter 10 : Tears " I ... we didn't realize that . " Jaxon said . " I know . I see it all the time with the women at the center . " Bunny quickly shifted to therapist mode . "I recommended that she come to some of our group events . And take advantage of the gym membership that she gets through her job . " " What gym ? " Jolene asked . " Golden Iron . Her doctor has been encouraging this for years but your dad would not allow it . He did not want to be embarrassed by her flaunting her body . But it will do her so much good . And she was so excited and you three destroyed her . " " What do we do ? " Jaxon asked quietly . " First , check in with her . Don't just call when you need something . Call and talk . It doesn't matter what it's about . And listen to her . She needs to find herself . She needs to like herself . " " JD , you need to help out more . We'll get you a cheap car or something . But you need to quit depending on your mom . Learn to cook . Hell , even I can dump shit in a slow cooker . " " Why do I need to cook ? " JD sulked . " Because mom has taken care of you for your whole damned life . " Jaxon growled . " Because if she doesn't have to worry about you eating , she can go do things on her own . " Bunny said . " In fact , why don't you ask her to teach you . Listen to her . " " You two , " She turned her attention back to the siblings and pointed to Jolene and Jaxon , " quit worrying so much . Give her some space . " " Two - thousand . " Jaxon said looking at his phone . " You boys can go look at it tomorrow . I'm not paying more than fifteen . " Bunny told him . " You don't want to go ? " Jaxon asked knowing that she hated looking at cars . " No , I'm taking your mom to get her nails done . She hasn't been since Jaxon had his meltdown over her using the bus on a weekend . " Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!