“Hey fuck boy,” Ross said.
“I know you heard me when I said stop!”
“Now, because of your fuck up, everyone will suffer.”
My ears started to ring. It was same throbbing noise I had whenever I heard someone talking about American Idol. My heart started to beat really fast, and I could feel my blood racing through my body. It was only five o’clock in the morning and our day was only beginning.
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It was now dinner time, which meant we would soon be in our bunks to rest. During this time, cadets would receive letters from friends and loved ones. I didn’t expect anything to come for me, but my dad sent me a letter. He told me that my grandfather (papa) had come into town to visit from Brazil and both of them were proud of me. After announcing papa’s arrival, he started rambling on about shit I didn’t really care about.
“Bruno,” he wrote.
“The weather’s nice out today, so papa and I went on a walk. Just the other day, your sister and I got the new Galaxy that came out. I wanted to tell you again that Papa and I are proud of you. Almost forgot, Tia said don’t drop the soap, whatever that means.” …show more content…
She took full advantage of my parents not knowing what certain English phrases meant. I noticed that my dad didn’t talk much about mom, and thought it was strange. He only told me that she was tired from teaching two different classes since one of the teachers was out sick for the week. My father also talked about the family, and how things were going well. I knew this wasn’t true, but I wanted to believe that the family was doing better. Just before I went off to boot camp, I remembered walking in on my parents arguing. I couldn’t make out what was being said, since they were arguing in Portuguese, but I felt it had something to do with me. Through all the mumbling, I kept hearing
“I know you heard me when I said stop!”
“Now, because of your fuck up, everyone will suffer.”
My ears started to ring. It was same throbbing noise I had whenever I heard someone talking about American Idol. My heart started to beat really fast, and I could feel my blood racing through my body. It was only five o’clock in the morning and our day was only beginning.
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It was now dinner time, which meant we would soon be in our bunks to rest. During this time, cadets would receive letters from friends and loved ones. I didn’t expect anything to come for me, but my dad sent me a letter. He told me that my grandfather (papa) had come into town to visit from Brazil and both of them were proud of me. After announcing papa’s arrival, he started rambling on about shit I didn’t really care about.
“Bruno,” he wrote.
“The weather’s nice out today, so papa and I went on a walk. Just the other day, your sister and I got the new Galaxy that came out. I wanted to tell you again that Papa and I are proud of you. Almost forgot, Tia said don’t drop the soap, whatever that means.” …show more content…
She took full advantage of my parents not knowing what certain English phrases meant. I noticed that my dad didn’t talk much about mom, and thought it was strange. He only told me that she was tired from teaching two different classes since one of the teachers was out sick for the week. My father also talked about the family, and how things were going well. I knew this wasn’t true, but I wanted to believe that the family was doing better. Just before I went off to boot camp, I remembered walking in on my parents arguing. I couldn’t make out what was being said, since they were arguing in Portuguese, but I felt it had something to do with me. Through all the mumbling, I kept hearing