Dana raced down the stairs, unusually happy. She swung a small backpack, barely large enough to hold even 1 textbook, over her shoulder and smiled. Her mother came into the living room and stood in front of her daughter on the bottom step.
"Where are you off to, Dana, smiling like that? You never smile."
"I'm spending the weekend at a friend's house."
"That's an awfully small bag for a weekend." Dana's mom said suspiciously.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"well, there's no damn way you could have more than a few t-shirts in that tiny bag."
"So, since when do you care what I do?"
"Since you became a little whore, that's when!" Sandra replied nastily.
"well, where do you think I learned it from, Sandra!"Dana shot back quickly.
"Oh f*ck it, Dana. I'm so sick of dealing with your sh*t. That's it! If you want to f*ck any guy who comes along just to be cool or whatever the hell your reason is, you're not making me look bad. Get the f*ck out of my house. And you'd better not come back because I don't want to see your ugly little face ever again, you spoiled brat!"
"well Sandra why do you think I'm so spoiled? want to throw any more expensive gifts in my face to make me like you? Want to make me like you more than Dad? Not gonna happen. Guess you'll have to find someone else to throw your money away on"
"Get out of my house, you little b*tch!"
"You don't want me? Good. I'm out of here. I've got someone I love to go to. Someone who gives a rat's ass about me. When I walk out that door, what do you have left? Not a damn thing. Think about it."
Dana stormed upstairs and grabbed her suitcases. She knew that all of her stuff fit into them because she's had them since she moved to the stupid mansion where all of her bad memories were embedded deep in the walls. Grabbing the expensive black luggage and the cardboard cartons from her new TV and stereo, courtesy of her mother's latest mistake, she headed down the stairs, making many trips, and dumped everything onto the front lawn. Whipping out her cell phone, she dialed an unfamiliar number she had called only once before....