On Thursday’s Teen Mother, after months of estrangement from Amber, Leah additionally tells her father that she “would not care” if her mother comes round … and, really, would not need her to.
Amber Portwood’s daughter, Leah Shirley, is able to take a giant step in her relationship along 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 convey it as much as Amber.
Whereas at a party 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 wonderful,” Leah mentioned. “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 mentioned she and Amber are nonetheless not on good phrases.
“Amber, once I do see her, she acts like all the things is completely wonderful, 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, not likely. I am scared to.”
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“Clearly, she has loads of issues happening and many 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 along with her mom.
Cheyenne mentioned she hopes “someday” 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 someday have a sit down. I simply do not know when.”
In the meantime, in a confessional, Cheyenne expressed her disappointment over Leah and Amber’s strained relationship along with her mother.
“I feel it is simply actually unlucky and unhappy as a result of Leah looks as if such an ideal child, and I couldn’t think about … not displaying up for Ryder,” she mentioned of her daughter, “and there may be no person [who] may maintain me from displaying up for Ryder. No one. Nothing.”
Cheyenne added that it is “actually arduous” for her to “perceive,” noting that if she was in Amber’s footwear, she would “be at their home, rattling close to each day, making an attempt to battle for my relationship with my youngster.”
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Later within the episode, Leah has a sit-down along with her dad and Kristina, through which Leah recapped her dialog with Cheyenne, together with how she’s not likely interested by 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 mentioned. “I do not really need her do.”
“I additionally talked about how I would like you to undertake me,” she informed Kristina. “And I discussed how I have been wanting that for a very long time.”
Gary confused to Leah that Kristina adopting her could be an enormous step.
“As a father, I need to be sure you know if it is 100% what you need,” he mentioned, to which Leah instantly replied, “Yeah.”
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“I do know it’s,” Gary continued. “As soon as that occurs, it will principally be to your mother, for Amber, it could be a giant heartbreak for her, which I do know you are not making an attempt to do, however it’s simply a part of the method.”
Leah famous that she’s conscious, however once more reiterated that she “really need[s]” Kristina to undertake her, including that Amber “did not elevate 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 need to converse to an legal professional, and at the very least simply get the knowledge, see what that might entail,” he mentioned. “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.
