AllFreeNovel
Share Us
keep him from taking a chance
on future bad behavior. Ka-ching.
KYLE EXITS THE FREEWAY
Swings in the correct direction.
“What about your dad?” I ask.
“What are you going to tell him?”
We are bumping along the dirt
by the time he answers. He won’t
even know I’m gone for a week.
Any other week, maybe. But,
“Uh … Christmas. Remember?
Anyway, your sister would notice.”
He thinks for a while, and I see
his shoulders slump slightly.
Forgot about Christmas.
Sadie will miss me for sure.
Then he brightens. At least
I’ll get to spend it with you.
Anyway, holidays bring out
the asshole in my dad. He starts
drinking at breakfast, goes
all day until after dessert or
until he passes out. And every
drink just makes him meaner.
AS WE PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY
I think about my own dad’s drinking.
He starts early, finishes late. But
he doesn’t very often get mean.
Maybe that’s ’cause he mostly
drinks beer. But I don’t think
