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Junior sat on the bed, she looked at the room a light green, a nice green with white furniture a chair and desk by the window, bookshelf, nightstand and a dresser.

She got off the bed and decided to put away her things it had been three days and she hadn't put anything in the dresser, then there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?"

"Umm its me Dorrin."

"Come in." Alma said a little to coldly

Dorrin came through the door a smile on her face a smile that faded when she saw that Alma wasn't smiling back

"Hi, like the room? We just put in the furniture, daddy picked the color."

"Daddy?" Alma asked confused

Which one? She thought

"Ennis, sorry, Ennis, he said you liked green, well he said that your mother said you liked green."

"What dose that mean."

"Well nothing, I mean you mother said you liked the color so we painted it green, just like we painted Jenny's Purple and Bobby's blue."

Dorrin could see that anger on Alma's face

"Maybe he could have asked me himself." Alma was mad now

"Maybe you should have told him!" Dorrin said just as mad

"How would you know how it was like to not have a father, you have two of them."

"That's true but if I was in your situation I would be feeling sorry for myself and not talk to the only father I had, don't hate him because he left you, love him for that exact reason."

"What do you mean how can I get over it so easy?"

"He is happy now, hard to believe but I live with him, I know his favorite color and his favorite food, how he likes to stay in the barn right after supper and watch the sun drop with my dad, don't hate him anymore, you have no right to, he might be gay but he's still your father the only one you'll ever get so don't screw up the one chance god gave you to be a daughter, our family might be out of the ordinary, but its ours, and its all we have cause at the end of the day, family is all you have."

Alma was silent

"Sorry that was rude."

"No. Your right, I like the room just fine thank you."

Dorrin walked out of the room faced flushed red, Jack looked at her with a confused expression kind of like Wow, how did you do that and well now who's going to tell Ennis that Alma wont be joining us for a while.

"Well how'd it go?" he asked

"What do you mean how'd it go, your were out hear you heard how it went."

"Ya bit her head off honey, you sure you weren't a little to mean."

"Did it sound mean?"

"A little."

Dorrin stood there looking at her dad

"Well she deserved it."

And they both started to laugh

"Stop it now, ain't funny laughin about what you said to that poor girl she's probably cryin or something, and who's going to tell Ennis what you said?"

Dorrin looked at him with a sly smile

"You are."

Back in her room Alma sat down on the bed tears in her eyes but she wouldn't let them fall, she knew Dorrin was right about what she said, but she hated her anyway.