Chapter5- POTTYMOUTH

POTTY MOUTH

Kara is speechless

There is a knock at the door

Rob lets himself in, wrapped up in his own thoughts he doesn't notice his mother standing only a few feet away “Kara, I'm sorry I don't know what I did but I made her cry...”

He pauses to see his perfectly groomed mother, behind his baffled sister “Mum?”

Kate smiles and puts her arms out to hug them

“My children”

Neither of them move in

“What the fuck Mum?”asks Rob

Kara remains stunned

She composes herself

“I'm going to check on Mandy”

“But I just got here” Her mother says woefully

“Mandys dad died” Kara says wiping her cheek

“You always did go for the complicated ones didn't you?” Kate says shaking her head

this is why I hate you

“Her dad died yesterday ya old wench!” Kara yells

Rob laughs

“Yeah she was fucking her before that” he laughs even more

“Fuck off both of you!” Kara yells as she walks out the front slamming the door behind her

“And fuck you too you cunt!” Rob yells out behind her

Rob knows his sister doesn't care at all about Mandy, Sixty seconds ago, he walked into that room expecting to be told to sort her crying girlfriend out all by himself

...but if the choice was between a crying girl and their bitch of a mother, the crying girl would win every time... licking shit would also win...eating glass...you get the idea... Did I mention they all hate their mother?

Kate is appalled by the language of her off spring “Rob, don't speak that way”

“Can you stop with that fucking voice Mum, you're not British. You sound like a fuckwitt”

“I beg your pardon?”

Rob mimics “Oh I beeeg your peeerdon- What the fuck are you doing here?”

“Go to fucking dinner?” yells Rhi

Kara has to pull the phone away from her ear
Her sisters screeching is awful

“Yes” Kara nods like she can see her

“Does dad know?”

“I was going to tell him after I got off the phone to you?” Kara asks it like she needs her sister to reassure her of what to do next.

Kara may be older but Rhi was more logical and practical...she had that Mum vibe...the one their own mother seemed to lack.

“Lets see what she wants first before she starts messing with his head”

“I guess, I'm going to drop these mics off and then go pick up Dylan, this whole day is a fucking head spin. I'd better go”

“See you tonight I guess?” Rhi pauses “Wait, should I bring Buzz? Or do you think they'll be too many F bombs?”

“I don't know” Kara almost wants to laugh “Maybe having him there will make us all behave”

“Ok I'll think about it- Six is it?”

“Yep Seeya then”

“Bye”

Kara turns to Mandy “I'm so sorry for this whole mess”

Amanda nods,holding back tears“You couldn't have predicted it”

Kara looks past the tears, she is only out there to buy some time while she works out what to say to her Mum

“Do you have somewhere you can go today?” Kara is careful not to set up another time to see each other

“I'll be fine”

Good enough

“Ok well I really better leave. Safe travels” she smiles and pats her on the shoulder

Safe travels? Who am I? An eighty year old man who sucks on Werther's originals? Fucking hell

Mandy forces a smile “Bye”

Rob is preparing the steak in Karas kitchen while Kara cuts carrots.

Kate walks in “What are they for?” she asks pointing at the carrots

“salad” Kara answers her mother bluntly

“Aren't they a bit thick for a salad?” She asks

condescending bitch

I wonder if I could break this chopping board on her head

“My god you are a prick of a woman” Kara says, clenching the knife and looking down, knowing that she looks up at her mothers stupid peach blouse, she will be tempted to hurt her

Rob turns his back, trying to hide his grin

“That is awful Kara” Kate says shaking her head and walking out toward the balcony. She picks up her glass of Chardonnay from the side of the bench and looks back “You know Dylan was the only one who was happy to see me”

Rob laughs as she walks away “Dylan is a pussy!”

The two siblings look back over their shoulders at one another.
Kara sighs “Its not like she had cancer and was fucking brought back from the clutches death. The bitch left Dad and she wants us to throw a fucking parade in her honour”

Dylan nods “Don't gesture with a knife, you're like fucking Dexter over there”

“Who?” Kara laughs

Rhi arrives with Beau in tow. Rob answers the door, already drunk.

“The bitch is thatta way” he says, waving his head from side to side but not actually pointing in any particular direction.

Rhi can hardly believe the state he is in, she whacks him in the arm “Language”

rob seems unfased “Hi little guy” he says, patting his nephews head.

“Look at this young man” Kate smiles, walking into the kitchen with her arms open

Rhi looks at her mother, worried that she shouldn't have brought him along, there are so many angry thoughts racing through her head and is afraid that she may not be able to keep composed in front of her son

“This is Kate” Rhi points at her mother, unenthusiastically

“Grandma Kate” Kate smiles shaking her head at her daughter as she leans down to hug him

“I thought you said for him not to call you that because it made you feel old” Rhi feels it in her throat, her tone of voice becoming increasingly argumentative.
They will not get through tonight without screaming

“Well darling I am old” she laughs “And so are you” she says smiling at Beau “How old exactly are you?” she asks him in that happy tone that adults reserve for pets and children

Beaus head faces down but his eyes look back up at his Mum, he almost looks afraid

he says nothing

“He's 7” Rhi says

“Is he mute?” She asks her daughter as she stands back up

“Is he mute?” Rob mocks as he walks away

Rhi shakes her head “He's shy Mum, you' might as well be a stranger to him”

Dinner begins quietly.

Dylan looks around the table

Rhi is poking her salad as if there is a creature inside and she is trying to wake it.

Their mother seems to be only drinking, while very slowly working her way through a small corner of bread.

Kara and Rob both decided to get stoned earlier so they are devouring their meals as if they have never seen food before.

Kara decides to break the silence “Hey Dylan! Rob called you a pussy when you were out at the shop”

Rob laughs “I absolutely did”

“What for?” Dylan smiles

Rob just laughs, unknowing that his brother was shitty that they'd gone and finished the pot without him and that Dylan had already planned to work the fact that Rob had been fired into the conversation

“Man, thanks for making dinner, but did we really need so much salt, it seems a bit...redundant don't you think?”

“What the fuck are you talking about dude?” Rob is too Drunk and stoned to grasp what is happening

“I'm just saying man...the salt...did you really have to FIRE so much of it onto the steak? It just seem like you could have LET IT GO”

The expression on Robs face suddenly changes as he grasps what his brother was getting at

...however the look on their mothers face remains the embodiment of complete vexation

Kara laughs so hard that her drink comes out of her nose

Rob trys to fire back“Hows our sisters car DYLAN?”

“What happened to your car?” asks Kate

“Our cunt of a brother got it towed” Rob laughs

Disgusted by the language her children are using, Kate try's to redirect the conversation “Does Beau always go to sleep so early?” she says, pointing at Rhi's son, passed out on the couch “It is a bit rude”

“Well its a bit fucking rude to leave the country for 18 months without telling anybody so maybe we'll just let a little nap go by the wayside” Rob mumbles, throwing at piece of carrot on his plate.

Kara can't help but giggle

Rhi is less amused and becoming even more infuriated toward her mother “He wouldn't eat this anyway”

“Did you raise him to be a herbivore like you?” her mother laughs condescendingly

Rhi forgets if she's ever seen her mother laugh for any other reason other than when she's feeling superior
She doubts it

“I didn't force my son to be a vegetarian Mum. I just don't cook meat at home. I don't stop him from eating it when we are out, but I don't actively encourage it”

“He's so sheltered you know, you can't hide him away forever. He's going to eat a steak one day and sooner or later you'll have to let him meet other people, you can't hide him away because of one bad experience”

“One bad experience? You have no clue do you mum?” she feels her hands turning into fists

“After a year and a half of carrying on, the court ruled that it wasn't rape, so you just have to let it go, your husband got over it and so should you” Kate says shaking her head, as though it was nothing

Dylan jumps in "Mum that's not fair"

"You don't even know that it's true" his mother says, shaking her head

Rhi looks as though she could jump across the table and tear her mother hair out

There is silence for a moment.

The four of them forgot how brazen their mother could be

Kara tries to intervene and say something in her sisters defence“Mum, the truth and what a court says are not necessarily the same thing”
As much as they don't get along, all of her siblings thought Rhi did the right thing

Her hands are now completely clenched “Let it go? Its my fucking son! My son was molested and you carry on like that's just something I can 'get over?' I don't know how Dad can love you so much when you are such a heartless bitch!”

Kate shakes her head at her daughter “The foul language coming out of your mouths is disgraceful, I didn't bring you up that way”

“Oh Fuck off!” yells Rob “You were a shitty mum!” he puts on his mothers voice again “Oooh look at me, I have chronic fatigue...I'm going to stay in bed for a few weeks and miss every important event in my children's lives...oh but wait, nooow I have boundless energy and I'm going to fuck off to fucking Paris without telling anyone and leave the father of my children and the only person in this world who loves me behind so he can become as mental as I am and stay up all night painting fucking shitty pictures of me”

“My lord, you must learn another adjective, the f word is so unrefined. It makes you seem so cheap and I refuse to be sworn at” Kate says shaking her head “Be mad all you want but please be more dignified” she gets up and leaves the table

“OH FUCK YOU” Rob yells, louder than before

saying fuck feels so good

Rhi looks up to see that Beau is awake and sitting up. She turns to her mother “Sorry that our anger manifests in a way that isn't up to your standards” she says as she gets up and grabs her belongings “Beau say goodbye to everyone”

Her son waves, she takes his hand and quickly walks him outside

“What was Rob talking about with paintings? Does your father really do that?” Kate turns to Dylan to ask

“Oh you are kidding me! Is that all you took from all that?” Kara yells, slamming her drink on the table

“Rhi didn't have a childhood...she never even jumped off a bed to see if she could fly!” Rob laughs

“Shut up Rob!” Kara says shaking her head, she looks over at her solemn mother “Mum what do you even want?”