Chapter 17 "Knock, Knock"

Ashely P.O.V.

" I am Bitch!"

I am Lover!"

I am Child!"

I am Mother!'

I am Sinner, and I am Saint"

I kept hearing my alarm going off on my phone. Finally, I open my tired eyes. I see I was in my bed. Thank God I thought I was with him. He got pissed off and told me to get out of his truck, what I remembered. Also, I walked inside my house, and I saw my dad drinking some brown liquid.

But I knew what it was before seeing it because I could smell it. Brown and whiskey. He mixed it this time. So, yeah.

My dad started heavy drinking since we all found out mom had cancer. It's been a scary journey and rough knowing my mom has this awful disease. It's a waiting game if she would do the surgery.

We told her for a couple of weeks now to get the surgery done? But every time, she shook her head with a no!

So, my dad and I would not give up asking her to do the surgery/operation.

So, my dad stopped asking and started drinking. He would spend time with us after work all day and when my mom and I