Mum POV-

4:00am. Another long day of work ahead of me. I wake up to see my husband in the bed making a river of drool. He should be waking up in an hour. I slowly roll out of bed and put on some clothes. I didn't really care so I just put on a regular pantsuit.

After I was all dressed and ready I made lunch for the boys. They usually don't eat it but I make it anyways. Just in case. I also checked to see DeAndre's bag was all packed. Then I finally left the house feeling lazier than usual.

It's probably because it's Monday. I thought. My job wasn't to far from the house. It took about 30 mins. When I arrived I saw that the store was yet to be opened. So I went back to my car and eat the rest of the egg sandwich before falling asleep. When I awoke it was 7:30am. The building opened two hours ago. I also just remembered I had to go to court today.

OMFG!!!

I took all my papers and ran in looking like a hot mess. The client was furious with me.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!! I NEED TO WIN THIS DAMN CASE!!! DON'T YOU KNOW IT STARTS IN AN HOUR!! FIRST YOUR LATE THEN YOU WALK IN LOOKING LIKE SH*T!!! HOW DARE YOU!!"

My brother comes in and calms the lady down. No wonder she has been charged for assault.

"Sorry Ma'am. This is very unprofessional of me. Let's go. We can drive in my car."

The woman did some breathing exercises and said thank you. We walked to my car.

"Sorry for all the junk."

"It's ok. I'm a bit messy myself." She replied.

The rest of the car ride was mostly silent. With the exception of me building confidence in her. When arrived at the courthouse we found ourselves to be pretty lost. We asked around and found out our room. In 15 mins the case would start and I hoped for the best that we would win.

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When the case was over we traveled back to our car. The woman had one but had still been sentenced to 3 weeks of anger management. I believed it was a good idea. After the case I brought the woman home. "Thank you so much!!" She said. "You're very welcome." I replied. I was actually very we won. I thought we would not win. The evidence seemed really good for the other side. However, I objected them several times and it was sustained by the judge.

It was about 3:30pm. I slowly drove back to work. I filled out all of the leftover paperwork. Since it was my brother I decided to leave early. By the time I got home it was 7:00pm. I was very tired. The first thing I did was go to bed. I  didn't wish DeAndre good night. I didn't check his homework. I didn't even ask how school was. I just walked upstairs and flopped on the bed.

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"Wake up" I heard I faint voice say.

I opened my left eye slowly then my right. I remembered I had flopped on my bed. I woke up to see my husband calling me. "Wake up!!" He said.

"What's wrong?" I said with an exhausted look on my face.

"I just want to talk."

"Ok"

"How was court?"

"Good, we won."

"That's my girl!"

"Can I go back to bed now?"

"I'm not done talking... I..I..."

"You what?"

"I started drinking again."