Lost Day

I am coming home late once again. It's freezing outside, and I want to see my dad whom I love. I'm happy with my friends until I walk through the door with them, the worst mistake I could ever make. Dad was okay but then his treacherous girlfriend who calls herself a "woman of God" says "You're just going to let her get away with coming home late with her friends?!" Dad shrugs his shoulders. "You're not raising her right. I'm leaving." Then Dad gets furious, but only with me. He storms through the kitchen at me, angry, arms flailing. I didn't know that his next words would change my life forever. "You made me lose my house and my girlfriend. I want nothing to do with you, you're not my daughter anymore. I don't love you. I want you out tonight." I lose all control- bursting into tears, running to the bathroom. As I collapse on my knees I cannot control the tears, I cannot breathe. My breath comes in between long sobs. My chest hurts. It hurts so badly, the love I've lost. My aunt's arms are wrapped around me, but it doesn't help. -Caroline Youngless