10 June 2012
Chapter 5 - Part 3
Dad knocked on my bedroom door and opened it before I could tell him to piss off and that I never wanted to speak to him ever again. He stood in the door frame and asked "Hey Sweetpea, where's your mum?"
"She's gone to aunty Charlottes because youre a cheating man whore!" I screamed at him as I leapt from my bed and raced across the room to push him out of my bedroom and out of my life. I was so angry at him for doing this to mum and doing this to me.
He grabbed hold of my wrists. His face crumpled and he looked sorry but I just stared him daggers. He sighed and said, "So, your mum told you about my blip."
"Your blip!" I screamed. He was lucky he had hold of my wrists as I actually wanted to leave a handprint on his face. No wonder mum had taken off if he spoke about his adultery like it was just a little mistake barely registering the seriousness or magnitude of the matter.
"Please calm down, sweetie. Give me a chance to explain. You've only heard one side of the story." He let go of my wrists.
I folded my arms. "I dont care for your side of the story unless it ends with, this is a terrible misunderstanding!"
"I'm afraid I am only human."
I could see the world turning red. My dad, who I'd always adored and looked up to was turning into this pitiful creature right before my eyes. He disgusted me. I stepped back as I could feel my anger boiling. "Get out dad! Get out! I dont want to hear it!"
"I'm sorry. Sometimes we all make little mistakes."
When I get angry I get sarcastic. I was losing it. "This! LITTLE dad? What would you consider to be something big? What is something worth having a drama over? Is mum overacting?!"
"No, no, no." Dad attempted to hush and calm me down. "I tried to do the right thing."
"My best friends mum! You did my best friends mum! How is that the right thing to do!"
"Come on Emily. You are just mixing my words and you're not giving me a chance?" Dad said with a stern voice, the apologetic tone lost.
"Get out dad! I never want to see you again."
Sorry. He bowed his head and shut the door. The door now obscured him from my view. "I made a mistake. You are right, it was a big mistake. It could have been worse but I love your mum. I want to fix things. So I told her."
"Youve ruined my life!" With that, I cranked the volume up on my stereo. I wasn't going to eat tonight. I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction or chance to speak another word to me. We were done!
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