Chapter 35

Not Sure About Adults

My Dad's birthday, June 11th, came and went. It was a work day and Dad had a patient which kept him at work all day and night, knocking all our plans for a small birthday party off the table. Instead, Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Jen, Sarah, Lisa, Dad's current team and even his former teams, joined us in the hospital cafeteria for cake and ice cream. My Dad claims he doesn't like birthdays, but he does. He loves being the center of attention. I gave Dad a new CD of John Mayer. Auri gave him a membership to the Princeton Row Club, complete with free lessons. He didn't look very enthusiastic about the gift, but gave her a peck on the cheek to thank her.

On our way home, I received a lecture, mostly about keeping my room picked up. Dad never nagged me about my room, but Auri did. Since letting the maid service go, Auri had started cleaning the house and insisted I help her. I was beginning to realize that having a mother might not be so attractive as I thought. Aunt Jen made me clean up, but then I was at their house. This was my house; I thought I should be able to let my room get messy if I wanted. Auri had different ideas.

We switched to what I wanted to do for the summer. There was a camp for computer and sports in the Poconos that my friends were all going to and I had really wanted to go too. But, I thought with everything that had happened, Auri and Dad probably wanted me close to home.

"So, anything you want to do this summer?"

"Nah…"

Auri looked at me with her eyes narrowed, "Something in your voice says differently."

"Well, some of my friends went to this camp where they're going to learn computer game design."

Auri shook her head, "I don't want you stuck inside all day on a computer. You need to get out, get some sun."

I sat up, "But that's the beauty of it. You spend two hour in class on computers, two hours doing a sport of your choice and the rest of the day is doing different activities."

I could tell Auri was impressed, "Now that sounds like a good balance. How much?
Things are going to get tight with this wedding coming up."

Since I didn't really know how much, I shrugged my shoulders, "Dad can afford it. He has tons of money."

Auri laughed, "Your father's not rich!"

Nodding my head, "Yes, he is. I've seen how much he has in his bank account, the one with the guy's name, the rich guy. The investor guy."

"Warren Buffet?"

"Yeah! He has almost two million in that fund alone."

Auri's mouth dropped open. She was sending me waves of shock, confusion and strangely, she was angry. "Where did you find this account?"

"In the metal box in the little hiding place."

"Hiding place?"

"Yeah, it's in the bathroom, under the bathroom cupboard."

"Really?"

I nodded.

Dear Reader...I know, short one! But, I may post another chapter this evening. Thanks so much for reading the story! Gorby