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Dad shoots et overly drahtly tipped down, one eyebrow up, and his jaw is set I can see he’s being as patient as possible with me, despite my irrational solution

“You can’t just hide fros that ently “We will face this as a faoing to be okay You will not be transferring schools in the middle of your senior year”

I let out a sigh of defeat as a hot tear streams down my cheek My mom and dad each take one ofcircle I sniffle because I’et it They don’t knohat it’s like to live as a teenage pariah at a ritzy high school

Unfortunately, I want my parents to be happy, and nod slowly If they want this truth and reconciliation rant their wish

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“Co with Principal Hartman We need to be in his office by 7:30,” I yell

My daughter is taking her sweet ti, so much so that it actually feels like an act of defiance – a sort of rebellion to her being forced to sit down and face the consequences of her actions She actually woke up early and irl never cooks, and I grit ood side before the shit hits the fan

“You don’t need any o to school to learn, not to prance around like you’re in soet down here”

“Five h the bathroom door

“I a to start the car You will have your butt in the passenger seat in two er, do you hear me?”

“Okay fine Then stop talking to ether!” she screeches

I know I should say so at this disrespectful rey Being a single dad wears you down, and sorabof coffee and head out to start up the car

I’ve seen this day coenuinely don’t knohat to do Ever since my ex and I broke up, Sam has just not been the sahter; I suppose I’ve been feeling guilty I keep thinking that if I could have made it ith Eva, Samantha would still have a mother

But was I supposed to stay in an unhappy e? That certainly isn’t the exairl And anyways, hoas I to know that Eva would cos off? What kind of woman can just cut ties with her flesh and blood?

Unfortunately, we haven’t heard from Eva ever since that fateful day At first, Sam didn’t believe it I’d hear her perk up whenever a car ruht her writing an email to her mom But Eva never responded, nor did she ever show My ex-wife has disappeared, and hter has been crushed as a result

It’s left irl is a mystery I have not yet solved I’m never sure what exactly to say When I try to talk to her, the words seeuilty I know the divorce and Eva’s disappearance is the root cause of Sam’s bad behavior

Unfortunately, nastiness is never acceptable, and Sam’s hit a bump in the road now We’ve been summoned to Principal Hartman’s office for what he calls a “truth and reconciliation”to be pretty I can just ihter can be a queen-sized bitch, and she was on the receiving end of it

And the girl’s parents! I can’t even begin to iine they feel about this I know I’d be furious, devastated, and huhter, had she been slapped in the face by a sandwich Shit I do not have the patience today to deal hat is coh one

Finally, hter ets in, refusing toher arer seat, that raved on her pretty face Then, she sinks down to the bottom of the seat and props her feet up on the dashboard I’ve told her not to sit like that She’s always leaving her dirty footprints in my freshly detailed car, and besides, it’s such an unladylike position I wish she had a strong fes