Dear Mr. Scott

Chapter 3

She slams the door behind her, yelling angry words at Haley, in front of a man she has never met, but knows so well. The man she watched from the barely working tv. She didn't care though that she was yelling, and she knew Haley didn't care either. She had her music blaring, when Haley would yell, she would just turn it up louder. She grabbed her bag and jumped out of her window and onto the fire escape. She sat there for a while smoking a cigarette, listening to her music through the window, waiting. Waiting for someone to come and save her. She heard someone pounding on her door, so she put out her cigarette and climbed back into her room. When she pulled open her door, she was shocked at the person on the other side, it wasn't Haley, it was Nathan, her father.

She quickly slammed the door closed before he had a chance to react. He knocked again, she yells for him to go away. He doesn't though, he's persistent, she'll give him that. She opens her door again screaming what at him. He asks to come in, she lets him. He asks why she sent him a letter, she tells him that she said that in the letter. She says that he shouldn't feel obligated to her, that she doesn't want anything from him. He says he understands, but that he doesn't think that was the reason why she sent him a letter. She says that was all she wanted was for him to know about her. That was all she wanted, she didn't want him to come visit, or send her a letter, or even call her or anything like that. She felt that since Haley didn't want to tell him about her, she would take it upon herself to tell him. She wanted him to know about her.

He thanks her for telling him. He asks if she wants to go play basketball, she says sure. He says that he'll go tell her mom. She says not to bother, she's passed out in her room by now. He asks how long Haley's been like that. She says she can barely remember a time, when she didn't have a bottle in her hand. But when she got really bad, was about the first time she saw you on tv. He says he's sorry, she says it doesn't bother her anymore. He knows she's lying. He's knows the truth, that he knew all along, that he didn't want to admit, he hurt these girls, without even meaning to.