At the age of 12 I moved to Australia, with my mum, dad and brothers.
We were there for two years. the first year was amazing, we were all happy , school was great. We had friends we met up with everyday, and it was so normal feeling. In the February of the second year it went downhill. My parents fought all the time, for many different reasons. Sometimes it was over things such as my dad working late a couple nights a week. Other times it was worse, more personal. My dad was staying out on Friday nights til 1am with no contact to my mum. We were worried sick, this happened every Friday night for about a month or two. It was scary, watching my family be torn apart, piece by piece. Knowing that there was no one I could turn to, my mum was always busy and my dad was distant. It was awful.
My mum made plans for us to come back to England. My dad had no plans of coming back , not ever. he loved it there and he had said from the start he wanted to live there forever, I never thought when it came to it, he would stay. Letting his children leave, without caring. I knew he did of course , he just didn't show it.
All of our stuff was shipped back to England and a few weeks later we followed. On the day we flew out my dad was at work. Before he left he hugged us and kissed us so much, it was like an hour long goodbye. It was torture, me and my brothers were sobbing and my dad , showed as little emotion as possibly. he gave us $50 (£25) and told us to get something from the airport if we wanted. I yelled at him "I don't want your money dad! I want you, I want to stay with you. we don't want to leave without you!"
"You just don't seem to care!"
Then I ran off crying.
After a few minutes he came over to me and hugged me, he said "I love you, always will. But this is better for you four. It will make you happy in the end, I promise."
Other than goodbye they are the last words I remember my dad saying to me in Australia. It pains me to think about it.
I love him so much. I will never be the same after that day...I know it won't.
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Literatura FaktuIt's a story about a young girls life, the pain, suffering and utter depression spiral she faces and how she copes and covers it up that no one around her realizes that she's dying from the inside out. [Based on a real life story]
