We talked. I laid her down in the bath tub with her just looking up at me. XXX “Now that I have your attention again, this is how I feel about you” I sneered at her while I resumed peeing at her face again. I knew the drill; I’d had bloody noses before. Do you understand…” he said. Sometimes, my friends would drop by to visit, but mom would find a way to run them off. “Yes he was. It’s all or nothing. Sometimes waking me up, other times, I was already awake. Understand?” I said. “Good, now go clean up. Several weeks later, I graduated from high school. She practically ran off into her bedroom. Dad and I had a few more conversations in the garage that year but I got the message.




















