Chapter Thirty-Six
It is the day I had come to fear and look forward.
My eighteenth birthday.
Thursday, September 13.
I was now legally an adult. And I was responsible for myself.
When I went down for breakfast, Dad was sitting in his chair as usual, reading the newspaper.
"I have a Police Convention this weekend in Seattle. I'm leaving today" he said. I got started on making him his breakfast.
"And when I come back on Sunday, I want you gone"
I froze, standing still.
He wants me gone.
I have to leave.
"Well, I don't want to wait all day for my breakfast"
I finished cooking his breakfast in a trance. When he was eating I went upstairs and packed my school bag. I went back downstairs and exited quietly out the door, walking to school.