Chapter 13

At first, I walk. I just walk, because it's what I do best to clear my head. Why should life be so shitty? Why in the world should life be so twisted? I don't want to go home and dump my worries on Jose, though I know I'll still have to, but instead, I call the dearest person in my heart.

When she picks on the first ring, my heart swells a bit more. "Hello, baby? Is everything okay? How are you doing?"

At first, I can't say anything, for fear that I'll break down. But I know that if I do, my mother will take the first vehicle she sees down here and come see me herself so I try to hold it in.

"Mom? Um, fine. Fine. How is everything ma?"

"Everything is okay. How are you? What's going on? I can hear the tears in your voice. What happened?"

" Everything is… o" I burst out in tears because I can't hold it in anymore. I know that wasn't supposed to happen because now mom will want to come over here just to make sure I'm okay. It's been that way ever since. Ever since my shitty father aban