*TWO WEEKS LATER* KERRI POV
I smiled faintly at the farting noises the squeegee made as I cleaned the windows. It was hot for a September day and my curly hair kept sticking to the back of my neck. I had taken off the blazer the school gave me, and rolled up my sleeves. Whatever breeze there was, was dry and hot. Its days like this that make me miss LA and the cool ocean breezes we'd get at school. I missed a lot about LA. I missed having fun with my friends, the café across the street I'd go to finish my homework. I missed the homeless guy Jerry I'd pass on my way to the bus stop and giving him leftover pastries from Davicci's. Jerry never judged me and he was always happy to see me. He never talked about his own life or why he is homeless. He only listened to the stream of trivial problems I had at the time and eventually the situation between my parents. He listened to me when no one else cared to know. I often wonder who is giving Jerry pastries now.
I mostly miss the feeling of belonging. In LA, of course I was different. But everyone is different. Everyone was mixed with some thing or the other and it was okay. I didn't feel out of place with my brown skin or hazel eyes. I didn't feel awkward or freakish because of my height. I toward over my mom but I was dwarfed by my 6'5'' dad. Dad was where I got my height. He was a lawyer at a big firm, and my mom worked as head designer for Kiss Me fashion before become the VP. My dad worked his way from the ground up and my mom came from old money. They weren't supposed to happen but they did. Man, they were a pair. My mom and dad always captivated their friends at various dinner parties.
That is until she happened. She was a hurricane and a spark all the same time. Her entrance into our lives was like that of a hurricane but she sparked something in my dad my mom hasn't seen in years. She blew in and raged until she had destroyed absolutely everything. My parent's marriage and my father's career. She destroyed my innocent existence. She destroyed my life and attempted to drain us of all of our assets including my trust fund. She attempted to steal my future. Rather than steal my future, she stole my family.