Father's Birthday Cake
My dad worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant, earning a measly $400 a month. My mom had bad legs, so she could only scrape by collecting trash.
When my academically-gifted younger brother was in middle school, they pulled him out of school and made him work to earn extra money so that they could afford to send me to the best school in the state.
I didn't let them down and aced my high school, becoming the top student in my state.
The day I got my SAT scores was also my birthday.
Dad, all hunched over, came to my school with a pink cake, followed by Mom in her tattered clothes and my brother with his face covered in grime.
But instead of being grateful, I grabbed a sharp compass and thr
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