Chapter 505 - I hate you!

28 May, Matthew's on-base accommodation, City K

Lexie, with help manoeuvred herself onto the sofa to rest after having spent part of the day at her studio. She had not appreciated how tiring things were presently given her limited movement capabilities. She looked at her watch, and realised Dominic would be coming in the door any moment from school. She was hopeful that he was in a better frame of mind today, than he had been since Matthew had helped her tell him the truth about his parentage.

At that moment, she heard the front door open and quickly slam shut again. Lexi called out "Dominic please come in here."

Silence ensued, and then Lexi saw Dominic starting to climb up the stairs to head towards his bedroom here. "Dominic," Lexi called out, firmly ensuring that she did not let her anger seep into her voice.

Silence ensued, and Lexi watched Dominic continue to climb up the stairs. More family, she called out "Dominic come here now."

"No!" yelled Dominic, his anger palpable in his voice.

Lexi call mom watched as he continued up the stairs ready to yell angrily at him , but just holding herself back from yelling at Dominic. She started to feel angry at the whole situation, but her thoughts were interrupted with a knock on the door and Monica calling out "Can I come in?"

Lexi, called out in response "Please do."

Monica walked into the lounge area, sat down and asked "How are you going?"

"With days injuries? It is what it is and I just have to wait for the time to elapse before I can get these cast off , and Judy additional rehabilitation I will need to be able to walk and better use my arm again."

"Not what I was thinking about. I heard about what happened the other day when you and Matthew spoke to Dominic. How are you going as I consequence, and how is Dominic coping?"

"Dominic coping?" was Lexi's cynical response.

After a deep breath to calm down, in a more defeated voice Lexi continued "He hates both Matthew and I, and if I'm truthful I think he hates everybody. No let me phrase rephrase that he hates the family for not telling him, and everyone else around him is exposed to his anger as he blames us for ruining what he sees as his family."

"Lexi," responded Monica, calmly. "He's a child, and we all know how children react when they don't like something. My children always react badly every time we have to inform them of a move to a new location, because they hate the immediate disruption to their world. But they know they are loved and as of that they demonstrate that the can cope with the changes we throw at them. In part, because they know nothing else, but as someone told me children are more resilient than we expect, we just simply need to give them time to adapt to the changes we throw at them. Dominic, if my interactions with him since we moved here are correct, will deal with the situation because he knows deep down that you love him. You just need to give him time to deal with the change."

Closing her eyes, Lexi thought about those words. Was Monica right, did she need to give Dominic time? Could they afford to leave him be? Could they not give him that time?

Sing the look of confusion on Lexi's face, Monica said. "Just be patient. That is all you can do because trying to force things will only make him resent you."

"Monica," came the somewhat confused response from Lexi. "That cannot happen."

"Lexie, a word from the wise you need to. You try and force a child who is in the I hate my parents mode to deal with you all that will happen is you will get the cries of I hate you repeated time and time again. I remember the first time my Angels," Monica paused and shook her head as for dramatic effect, before continuing "No my little Devils, play that game on us. We went through weeks of drama, just because they hated the idea of moving from their friends. We got though it by remembering that in the end our children love us, and they were just upset about the changes from the changes in their lives at that exact time. Dominic, will just be the same, he cannot cope with the change that he has been confronted with, but remember deep down he loves you, and once he is able to deal with that he will come back to normal."

Lexi shook her head and said "Monica, we cannot wait for that. We need him to talk to us." With just those few words, Lexi felt on the verge of tears and took a couple of sobbing breaths.

Monica saying this, said "How about I go and talk to him. I will see if I can get him to come and talk to you but at least have him understand that he has people he can talk to even if he doesn't want to talk to you and Matthew."

Monica watch Lexi closely and saw her shaking her head. "Lexi, you can't ignore the problem. You want to force Dominic into talking to you, that is not going to happen. What is the worst that can happen if I try and talk to him? He refuses to listen to me. He decides he hates me? Not my problem. The best outcome is his least will listen to me and possibly talk to me. That might get him talking to you and Matthew. No arguments."

Before she could even respond to Monica, Lexi watched her get up and quickly climb the stairs.

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