I Cut Ties With a Broken Home
Forest DeerFamily EmotionsFace SlappingBiasIndependenceFamilial BondPlot TwistsMelodramatic
At ten years old, my parents divorce, each remarry, and abandon me to be raised by Grandma.
When we see each other again, it's the summer after the College Entrance Exam.
Mom and Dad both walk into the restaurant to book private dining rooms, and it just so happens to be my turn to seat the guests.
Mom links arms with her stepdaughter, Alesha Callen, and smiles proudly as she instructs, "My daughter scored a 625 in the College Entrance Exam. We'll take your biggest room."
Dad, holding his son Robby's hand, claims the room right next door.
"It's my son's seventh birthday. We'll need a large room, too."
They lock eyes for a brief moment before quickly looking away.
Mom chuckles. "Throwi