J's Tux Shop Has Been Gone Wrong Short Story

What could go wrong as already gone wrong? It was two days before the senior prom and I received a call from a very raspy voiced lady, it was my mother. “Hello son”, she talked very slow with a slur in her voice. I could tell she was drunk, I wanted to hang up the phone. I could smell the blue can of Buzz light through the phone, and that’s when I asked “what now mom?” she replied “J’s tux shop has been shut down”. I hung up the phone that was it; my mom had one job to do and failed me again. At that moment I hated her, I didn’t care if she was dead. She called back, and ask “what happened?” I replied “I lost service” then I said in a fuming voice “why the fuck can’t you do anything right?” she tried to speak but I cut her off, now crying “you had one job mom”, “one job”. After about ten minutes or so, of talking to a drunk I hung up and call my aunt.
It was like my aunt was on the phone; because when I called her she said “what …show more content…
But, none of this made me want to forgive my mom for what she did to me. One day, while I was watching T.V I turned to some biblical channel, to hear the man speaking say “by holding a grudge you are letting the person who did you wrong win”. It was like he was speaking directly to me, then he said something that I would never forget he said “you are only hurting yourself by holding on”. This made me realize that something was wrong with me. I hated the thought of my mother winning anything and I noticed that I was the only one hurting. So that same day I call my mom, and told her “I forgive her and that I was sorry for hating her for so long” she was sober this time and replied “I’m sorry for letting you down and that I am going to buy you a graduation gift”. After that, nothing really changed she didn’t show up for my prom or my graduation. But I forgive her, you see I learned not trust her and when she speaks of plan A to have a plan B and