’So wait..your leaving us? your just going to leave us?’  I said to my father

‘Im sorry son. you just dont understand right now’  Father said as he packed up his things

’sorry? your not sorry! apparently you dont understand ethier because once you walk out on us you will destroy what little love we have for you as a father’

‘Son..il only be gone for a couple of days. Il be back. Bye’  Father said as he backed out of the door and shut it behind him.

I stared at the door knowing that it was of little hope that he would return.  I wanted to move, to go out the door and some how stop him from leaving, but i was paralized where i stood.

Finally i was able to move and i made my way to the kitchen where the clock stood over the galaxy 9 microwave.  The clock said 11:30 pm in big digital red numbers. I sighed with exhaustion and headed over to my sisters room where i found her sound asleep not knowing what had just happend and how her life changed in a matter of minutes.  I smiled knowing she would not wake up and headed off to bed knowing mom would soon be home from work at the restraunt.

The next morning i found my mom gone as usual to work at her second job in the morning. My sister becca came out of her room still half asleep in her PJ’s rubbing her left eye.

I smiled and asked ‘You hungry for eggs or oatmeal today?’

‘umm..eggs’ she said in her twelve year old voice.

‘ Ok’ i replied

I searched for the eggs in the refrigerator, but when i found them i found a note on top of the egg carten.

It said ‘ Dear Shadow..im leaving for business today.  il gone for awhile so your grandpa is coming to take care of you guys. I love you. good bye.      Signed – Mother’

I stood up slowly and tighten my hold on the note left by mother. I then walked to the trashcan and droped the note of lies left by a mother who didnt love her kids enough into the trash can where it belonged.

Then the day came where i found an old cabnit full of old wetherd notes from mom to dad and from dad to mom.  After reading through the notes i found my self griping the the letters and staring at them.

“no..no,no,no.  how could he have done this?’

The letter was wrote to my mom ‘You will have nothing.  No car, no home.  The kids will choose will choose me because i will tell them that you have betrayed them by seeing another man.  That you hurt us.’

My mom replied on the letter ‘That is fine.  I dont want my kids to know what you have done to me and them.  I will take the blame.’

I then grew angry after  what my dad did.  If it wasnt for him our family would still be together. excluding him.  My mom sacraficed herself hoping i would still have respect for my father.  But it didnt work at all.  I then stood up and walked to the kitchen looking for the phone.  I called my father to express my anger but no answer.

I turned to the door some how sensing somone was there and then seconds later someone walked in.  It was my sister returning home from school.  She set her back pack down and walked to the TV and turned on her favorite channel.  I looked back at the phone and tried calling my dad one more time , but once again there was no answer.