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Emily
TOP THREE AWFUL moments of my life:
Meeting ical father at ten
Breaking my arm in three spots at nine
Falling into a hole and being trapped there overnight with a dead body at eight
Other than that, I love my life While some of my friends are all, “Woe is me, no one understands my traumatized soul,” I’m pretty happy I like happy I like simple I like predictable and I hate surprises
With that said, I’m not particularly thrilled when my father tries to hand me a piece of paper that causes my mother to choke up and excuse herself from the kitchen
Dad and I continue to stare at one another as we listen to Mom race up the stairs then close the door to their bedroom Life is out of whack and it’s easy to tell Dirty dishes are piled in the sink A stack of unopened mail is tossed across the island A pile of balled tissues creates a mountain on the wooden oval table The yellow kitchen that see is darkened with emotional storm clouds
The aard silence between me and Dad has officially stretched into painful I shift under the strain and es my backpack on the floor
“You should go after her,” I say to break the stillness and to ignore the fact I haven’t accepted what Dad is offering Plus, Dad always kno to pull Mos I love about him
“I will” His lips lift a little, a strong indication he’s planning to htforward, gradual introduction, or head in the sand?”
I brighten “Head in the sand works well for me”