Overbearing Dad Is Ruining My Life의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

The September sun was blazing, but as I stood at the gates of my new university with my suitcase, my blood ran cold.Dad was wearing the brand-new gray jacket he'd bought specifically for move-in day. In his other hand, he carried a folding cot.He had on that doting smile he only ever got when he looked at me, so tender it made my skin crawl."Dad, w-what did you just say?"My voice shook. The words barely made it past the lump in my throat. "We had a deal. I live on campus, and you'll stay home.""Oh, I thought about it the whole ride back, and I just couldn't stop worrying about you." He stepped forward and brushed the hair from my forehead, impossibly gentle."There are so many temptations in university. What if you fall in with the wrong crowd? What if you start slacking off and can't get into grad school?"I need to keep an eye on you. I can only relax when I know I'm right here watching.""But the dorm isn't going to let you stay." I tried one last time, my eyes already

The days dragged on like that, one after another.One afternoon, Dad went out to the grocery store to buy walnuts for me because they were supposed to be good for brain function. It was rare to have the room to myself. I'd been pulling all-nighters working through problem sets and had passed out face down on my desk.Dylan Miller came back from outside carrying a bag of fresh fried chicken, and the smell filled the entire room the second he walked in. He passed it around to everyone, and when he noticed I'd woken up, he hesitated for a moment before asking if I wanted some.I stared at that golden, crispy drumstick and swallowed hard. I wanted it, but more than that, I wanted the chance to just be normal with them for once."Thanks." I took it gratefully and bit in. The flavor burst across my tongue, and after going so long without anything like it, I nearly started crying.That was when the door slammed open. Dad stood in the doorway, a bag of walnuts in his hand. His eyes locked

The entire lecture hall erupted. Students around me started whispering, some covering their mouths to stifle laughter, others staring at me like I was some kind of alien."No way. A parent sitting in on university lectures?""That's insane. Is he seriously a man-child?""Tyler always seemed so normal. But it turns out he's a total daddy's boy."Every whisper cut into me like a poisoned blade, precise and deliberate.Dylan sat beside me, too stunned to know what to do with himself, and could only look at me with pity. I kept my head down so low I could have buried it inside the desk.My face burned like it was being held over an open flame, and tears pooled in my eyes, but I clenched my jaw and refused to let a single one fall.So, this was what social death felt like.From that day on, I was famous across campus. "The university kid whose daddy comes to class with him" became a label I couldn't peel off, no matter what I did.Dad didn't care what anyone thought. He followed th

"Everybody, come look! This little tramp right here, Wren Ashby!"Dad stood there with the bullhorn, screaming himself hoarse. His hair was wild, his eyes bloodshot. He looked like he'd completely lost his mind."My son is getting into a top grad program! He's a good kid who doesn't know any better, and this shameless little seductress used her sweet talk to lure him in!"Girls in the crowd pointed and whispered. Wren's roommates tried to come out and intervene, but Dad spat on the ground at their feet."Dad! Stop it!"I shoved through the crowd and threw myself at him, grabbing for the bullhorn. "Have you lost your mind? She has nothing to do with this. I'm the one who likes her!"He froze for a second, staring at my flushed, breathless face.Then the madness drained away in an instant, replaced by that expression I knew far too well, so gentle it made me sick. He reached out and smoothed the hair that had fallen across my forehead, his voice soft as if he were soothing an infa

Dad was called to the scene by the student advisor.He was still wearing the apron he'd put on to make stew, splattered with grease. He stumbled through the police line, tripping over his own feet.When he saw the body on the ground, covered with a white sheet, every bone in his body seemed to dissolve. He dropped straight to his knees."No... This isn't my Ty... My Ty went to the library. He said he was coming home for stew."His hands were shaking as he peeled back the corner of the sheet. The mangled face underneath shattered his world completely.A scream ripped through the night, so raw and inhuman it didn't sound like anything a person could make.Dad threw himself onto my body, shaking me frantically. "Ty! Get up! Get up and come home with me! You're supposed to get into a top school. You can't just lie here!"Wren was on her knees nearby, held back by her roommates. She was sobbing so violently that she was choking on it. My three roommates clung to each other, barely ab