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"Well, maybe they shouldn’t have done that Did you look at her? She alrate--"

"If you don’t get out of this rooht noill call security"

I can hardly breathe "Dad, stop!" I say "Don’t be crazy" I cringe after I say it "He’s on his way out anyway, and I’lad he stopped by, and I hope our families--"

"Pipe dreams!" my father says bitterly "Our fa as I’ured out right now This is over Do you both hear round and stays cool, and in thaton his own desire to be different frorandfather he described yesterday "I’m sorry you feel that way, sir," he says in a calm voice, yet he commands the room "I’ll leave now out of respect for you But I’ll never leave Jules again because of so personal that happened between other people, so you ives me a look that makes my heart quake, and then he smiles politely at my mother "Thank you for what your family did for my family, Mrs Demarco," he says And then he slips out

My father slams the door behind him

"Antonio!" ly rare

He startles and looks at her "What?"

She shakes her head "Act your age once, will you? Honestly We’re in a hospital, for Christ’s sake" I’ve never heard her talk like that before Ever "Maybe you should go cool off so I don’t call security on you"

"Why, what did I do?"

"That boy did nothing to you Leave him alone"

"He is just as his fausted "You don’t know anything about him! And if he is as his family is, then what does that make me? Am I just as my family is too? A bitter, psychopathic hoarder?"

I don’t know if it was the drugs I think it probably was--I’hts otherwise At least I didn’t call hiot a little fuzzy right around then

Mos hiet discharged on Tuesday, my father and I haven’t spoken one word to each other, and it looks like on’t be speaking anytime soon And frankly, I’est asshole on the planet

I spend the next week and a half at home and I can’t stand it No cell phone, no communication with Sawyer other than a few e-mails My father has the home phone forwarded to the restaurant so that I can’t receive any calls, and he threatens to watch the phone bill like a hawk to see if I’s worse--he takes the Internet cable with him to the restaurant whenever I’ me a replacement cell phoneat least until I’ain