A Life Change
"You can take her home now Mr. Regnery," the man behind the counter said.
'I have a name.' I thought to myself.
I had just spent an hour waiting for Max Regnery to fill out paperwork stating that he was my father and now my legal guardian. 'Great.' I thought bitterly.
He walked away from the desk with a "Thank You," and came over to me.
"Here Alexandria, I can get that," Max said grabbing my bag.
"My name is Alex." I said following him to the car or should I say truck.
The ride to his home was quite. I don't think he knew what to say, and I really didn't want to talk. He was my father, but I had never met him. He and my mom had a thing once, and she never told him about me. He seemed nice I guess, but I could not see him as my dad yet, if ever. It took about a half hour to get to Pine Hollow. He pulled up to a very large barn.
"Here we are," he said with a smile. He put the car in park and got out. "We can go up to the house in a bit. I thought you might like to see the stable first."
I knew he was being nice, but horses were not my thing. I rode a horse once at a fair. Not the best memory I have, but I didn't say that.
"Sure." I said instead getting out of the car. I walked after him as he gave me the tour. I pet some of the horses, but I really just wanted to be alone and write in my journal. I was upset to say the least. "Can we go to your house now? I'm tired." I said after a little while.
"Yeah, sure," he said leading the way back to his truck. We drove around the barn a few feet to a nice looking house. He stopped the truck, and we got out. I helped unload my things from his truck, and he led me into the house and upstairs to a bedroom.
"Here is you room Alex," he said.
It was a rather large room with purple walls and bedding, but it didn't look babyish.
"My mother…your grandmother picked out the bedding and wall paint. I hope you like it." He sounded nervous.
"I do. Thank You." I put my stuff down in a pile on the floor. I sat on the bed.
"I'll leave you to get settled," he said. "Call for me if you need anything. Okay?"
I nodded and he left.
I fell back on the bed looking up at the ceiling. Well my life has officially changed.