Today is the day that Charlie is leaving. Mom will make a big fuss out of it and then later she will get drunk and blame me for the destruction of her life. She will tell me that she should have never had me and if it wasn’t for the persisting of my father I wouldn’t be alive right now and everything would be perfect. But what else is new. And he is only moving like 15 minutes away so who cares.
By the time Charlie’s truck is all packed my mom is in tears. She’s sobbing actually. She looks so pathetic. I hate it when people cry. This is what she wanted anyway. I don’t know why she is crying. Probably tears of joy.
"Well Luce, I guess I’ll see you later." Charlie says to me. I shrug my shoulders. He takes me into him and wraps his arms around me. I love him so much (I would never admit that to him but I so do). We stand like that for a few minutes and then he backs away. He kisses me on my forehead then gets into his car and drives away.
Saying goodbye to Charlie was hard. It felt like I was saying goodbye to Dad all over again. But whatever, it is what he thinks is best. Just leave me here to die. All I have left is Dominic, which is not much at all. The house is empty without Charlie. All the life that the house had simply vanished with him. For me school starts tomorrow and after the kids get a load of me, let me tell you, some sort of torment is going to break loose.
By the time Charlie’s truck is all packed my mom is in tears. She’s sobbing actually. She looks so pathetic. I hate it when people cry. This is what she wanted anyway. I don’t know why she is crying. Probably tears of joy.
"Well Luce, I guess I’ll see you later." Charlie says to me. I shrug my shoulders. He takes me into him and wraps his arms around me. I love him so much (I would never admit that to him but I so do). We stand like that for a few minutes and then he backs away. He kisses me on my forehead then gets into his car and drives away.
Saying goodbye to Charlie was hard. It felt like I was saying goodbye to Dad all over again. But whatever, it is what he thinks is best. Just leave me here to die. All I have left is Dominic, which is not much at all. The house is empty without Charlie. All the life that the house had simply vanished with him. For me school starts tomorrow and after the kids get a load of me, let me tell you, some sort of torment is going to break loose.
