"Jamia Nestor-Caulfield!" Great, he actually came. Well, I better get this out of the way now. We walked to where the voice came from. His eyes widened when he saw us. His face contorted in anger when he saw us holding hands.
"No! You let go of his hand, now!"
"I'm not gonna listen to you anymore!"
"I'm your father! You're in my custody!" My real dad came out from the hallway.
"I didn't miss anything did I?" he asked.
"No, why don't you take a seat in your king of the douchebags chair!" I shouted at him.
"Don't you talk to him that way!" Jim shouted at me. I turned my anger on to him. I let go of Frank's hand and got in his face.
"You must really be deaf 'cause I told you that I'm not gonna listen to you anymore. In a few weeks, I'm moving out of that shithole you call a house. I'm gonna live with my grandparents."
"Young lady! How dare you? You know what? Why don't I just dump you at their house now? I've had it with your attitude and your blatant disregard for my authority. If you find them and they're willing to take you, I can't see how, I'll give you over to them."
"But I'm 18 in a few weeks."
"If I authorize it it's ok."
"Great, how about we get this started now?" He just glared at me. He looked over to Frankie who was glaring at him.
"Fine. You find them though. I don't want to talk to those people." I knew I had their number in my phone somewhere. Ah, there it is. I clicked the green button and waited for them to pick up.
"Hello?" my grandma answered.
"Grandma? It's me, Jamia."
"Oh, sweetheart! I'm so happy to hear from you. How are you?"
"Well, not all that good." I looked at Jim. "But I know something that can make it better."
"Whatever it is we'll do it."
"Would you mind being my guardians for a few weeks till my 18th birthday?"
"Oh, of course, sweetheart. We'll be your guardians long after that too."
"Thank you. You have no idea how much this means to me."
"We've met that man. I think we do." I laughed a little. "Ok, well, just come over whenever you're ready. I'll set up a room for you."
"Thank you so much grandma. Do you still live in Jersey? In that house?"
"Yep. We haven't moved."
"Ok, I'll be there as soon as everything gets packed."
"Fantastic. Your grandpa will be ecstatic. Will it be sometime today?"
"I think so."
"Well, get everything ready. Take your time and come when you can."
"Ok, love you."
"Love you too." I closed my phone and looked at Jim.
"That enough for you?" I just flipped him off as I walked back up to my room to pack. Frank followed behind me.
Wow is this what it felt like to be free? 'Cause if it is, I think I can get used to it.
