Grace heard her mother screaming over the phone and got up from her bed at 10 a.m. She hadn’t slept in that bed in over two months, after living with her father for the summer it was great to once again sleep on a mattress. She walked towards the kitchen and served herself Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. “Finally my favorite dish,” she thought to herself. Grace hated milk; she used it to make the cereal soggy. She finished her plate, stood from the table and went to her room. As she was about to close the door her mother put her hand up on the door and stood in front of her room. “So, have you decided if you want to leave with me to Texas?” her mother said. “Mom, why do you want to move over there?” Grace said. “Darling, the weather
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She looked up at her mother as she rambled on and on about the wonders of Texas. Grace heard enough to make up her mind. “I don’t want to go,” she said. Her mother ignored her comment. “I know that your brother will love it too,” her mother said. “Mom, stop!” Grace said. “I don’t want to leave Miami. All of my friends and family are here, I’m not moving to Texas with a guy that you’ve only known for two months.” “Where will you both go, if you don’t come with me?” her mother said. “We will move in with my father,” Grace said. Her mother arched her eyebrows and fisted her hands. She took off her sandal and raised it up at her …show more content…
He walked into the room and they both sat on her bed.
“Thank you, but I can defend myself. Remember I am the one who is 14. I would understand if you leave with mom, but I can’t,” she said.
“I’ll go wherever you go, Sis,” he said.
Her mother was right their father had been absent for their entire childhood. Grace didn’t even know this man until their mother dropped them off at his home for the summer, while she checked out Texas.
In those two months Grace was able to experience freedom. When she lived with her mother she wasn’t allowed to watch TV, drink soda, or eat junk food. Grace was always the second mother in the house having to take care of her younger brother.
Grace stood from the bed, walked to her dresser and grabbed her cell phone. She called her father. The phone rang once and he picked up.
He wasn’t sure what was going on, but once he heard his daughter ask him to pick her up all he could say was OK.
Grace hung up the phone. A couple of minutes passed and she heard her aunt Jess knock on her door.
“Sweetie, please come out. It’s not right that you both locked yourselves in the room,” she
She looked up at her mother as she rambled on and on about the wonders of Texas. Grace heard enough to make up her mind. “I don’t want to go,” she said. Her mother ignored her comment. “I know that your brother will love it too,” her mother said. “Mom, stop!” Grace said. “I don’t want to leave Miami. All of my friends and family are here, I’m not moving to Texas with a guy that you’ve only known for two months.” “Where will you both go, if you don’t come with me?” her mother said. “We will move in with my father,” Grace said. Her mother arched her eyebrows and fisted her hands. She took off her sandal and raised it up at her …show more content…
He walked into the room and they both sat on her bed.
“Thank you, but I can defend myself. Remember I am the one who is 14. I would understand if you leave with mom, but I can’t,” she said.
“I’ll go wherever you go, Sis,” he said.
Her mother was right their father had been absent for their entire childhood. Grace didn’t even know this man until their mother dropped them off at his home for the summer, while she checked out Texas.
In those two months Grace was able to experience freedom. When she lived with her mother she wasn’t allowed to watch TV, drink soda, or eat junk food. Grace was always the second mother in the house having to take care of her younger brother.
Grace stood from the bed, walked to her dresser and grabbed her cell phone. She called her father. The phone rang once and he picked up.
He wasn’t sure what was going on, but once he heard his daughter ask him to pick her up all he could say was OK.
Grace hung up the phone. A couple of minutes passed and she heard her aunt Jess knock on her door.
“Sweetie, please come out. It’s not right that you both locked yourselves in the room,” she