Lies My Parents Told Me
By SMYGO4EVA
Of all the bad things that happen to me, I never thought I would think about this now. My father wasn't much help with my mom and Serenity, had the goddamn gambling addiction that never seemed to stop. Plus, he was a drunk, who wallowed in misery with either sake or any other kind of poison he could get. Mom said that he was having trouble with work, since whenever I wanted to play with him, he would be sleeping or having a hangover. I know now that it was a lie.
Mom always thought of Dad as a good person, but never thought of him as a cowardly drunk. She would shake it off and do her own thing, but deep down, she was suffering. I guess that was why she divorced him and took Serenity away. I ended up with that bastard, having to put up with his occasional beatings and I had to be a paperboy to repay for all the debt he left behind. One night after I came home from school, he just walked away and never came back.
In the friendship I found in Yugi, I felt better about myself, winning duels left and right and I was able to pay for Serenity's eye operation. Then I saw her again. My mom. She covered for Dad, shaking off his alcoholism for work trouble, and lied to me about it. To hell with her. That's right, to hell with her!! To hell with Dad!! They took away my childhood! They took away Serenity's innocence!! I can't stand that bitch for a mother and a deadbeat dad for a father! To hell with both of them!!!
Dad lied, Mom lied and I was just lying to myself, believing all of those warped things they said and thinking that everything would be Ok. Those were just sick ways to distort my mind, all those lies my parents told me.