On Thursday’s Teen Mother, after months of estrangement from Amber, Leah additionally tells her father that she “does not care” if her mother comes round … and, truly, does not need her to.
Amber Portwood’s daughter, Leah Shirley, is able to take a giant step in her relationship together with her stepmother.
Throughout Thursday’s new episode of Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter, Leah expressed how she desires her stepmom, Kristina, to undertake her, however admitted that she’s nervous to deliver it as much as Amber.
Whereas at a celebration for Jade Cline’s daughter Kloie, Leah opened up with Cheyenne Floyd about her shut relationship with Kristina, and gave an replace on her strained relationship with Amber.
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“I have not actually talked to her shortly or seen her shortly,” Leah informed Cheyenne, who replied, “I am sorry.”
“It is tremendous,” Leah stated. “I do not actually care anymore.”
“I type of need Kristina to undertake me,” the teenager continued of her stepmom, who has been married to her dad, Gary Shirley, since 2015. “I have been wanting it for some time. … Kristina has been right here for me since I used to be in kindergarten, and I feel earlier than that too.”
In distinction, Leah stated she and Amber are nonetheless not on good phrases.
“Amber, after I do see her, she acts like every thing is completely tremendous, and it is like, ‘I have not seen you in months. Why are you speaking to me?'” she shared.
When Cheyenne requested Leah if she’s ever informed Amber how she feels, the 16-year-old replied, “No, probably not. I am scared to.”
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“Clearly, she has plenty of issues occurring and plenty of difficulties. However I simply, I really feel like I can not deal with it. I want I may, however I can not,” added Leah, who revealed final episode that she began remedy to deal with her “points” stemming from her relationship together with her mom.
Cheyenne stated she hopes “in the future” Leah and Amber can sit down and focus on how they really feel, to which Leah agreed, “I feel it could be good to possibly in the future have a sit down. I simply do not know when.”
In the meantime, in a confessional, Cheyenne expressed her unhappiness over Leah and Amber’s strained relationship together with her mother.
“I feel it is simply actually unlucky and unhappy as a result of Leah looks as if such a fantastic child, and I couldn’t think about … not exhibiting up for Ryder,” she stated of her daughter, “and there may be no one [who] may maintain me from exhibiting up for Ryder. No person. Nothing.”
Cheyenne added that it is “actually exhausting” for her to “perceive,” noting that if she was in Amber’s footwear, she would “be at their home, rattling close to each day, attempting to struggle for my relationship with my youngster.”
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Later within the episode, Leah has a sit-down together with her dad and Kristina, through which Leah recapped her dialog with Cheyenne, together with how she’s probably not focused on repairing her relationship with Amber, and the way she desires Kristina to undertake her.
“I informed her I have not actually seen Amber for a pair months, or heard from her, so I actually simply do not care anymore if she comes round,” Leah stated. “I do not actually need her do.”
“I additionally talked about how I need you to undertake me,” she informed Kristina. “And I discussed how I have been wanting that for a very long time.”
Gary careworn to Leah that Kristina adopting her could be an enormous step.
“As a father, I wish to ensure you know if it is 100% what you need,” he stated, to which Leah instantly replied, “Yeah.”
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“I do know it’s,” Gary continued. “As soon as that occurs, it’s going to mainly be to your mother, for Amber, it could be a giant heartbreak for her, which I do know you are not attempting to do, however it’s simply a part of the method.”
Leah famous that she’s conscious, however once more reiterated that she “actually need[s]” Kristina to undertake her, including that Amber “did not increase me.”
“For me, it is no matter you need,” Gary informed his daughter.
Kristina, in the meantime, chimed in, sharing what “scares me essentially the most.”
“Together with her being underneath the age of 18, if one thing have been to occur to you,” she informed Gary. “What would occur to Leah?”
Gary then revealed his choice.
“I feel I wish to converse to an lawyer, and a minimum of simply get the knowledge, see what that will entail,” he stated. “That is the following step. I’ll name a pair attorneys and see what they are saying.”
New episodes of Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter air Thursdays on MTV.
