5SOS To The Rescue

Chapter 1

It all started the day my mom left, but I think it's if I tell you the whole story first.

It started about 6 years ago on my 13th birthday. My family and I were waiting for my dad to come home from work, but he never showed.

My dad, he was a slacker, always leaving work early, going to work late, and drinking on the job, so it wasn't really a surprise to us that he got laid off. But, it was a surprise him.

Such a surprise, later that day he nearly bought an entire liquor store. He drank, drank, and drank some more. Then, barely able to focus on anything, he clambered into his car and attempted to drive home to our apartment.

Luckily, the police caught him before he could cause any real damage like accidents. This wasn't  really his first felony so the police arrested him and called his emergency  contact, my mother. 

By this time my mom was getting worried and was trying to call my dad. This is what she was doing when she got the phone call.

I didn't know what was happening at the time, but when my mom said, " What!Arrested! How could this be? Yes, fine, I'll pick him up from the station. Bye," somehow I knew so was talking about my dad.

This wasn't the first time my dad got arrested. One time he stole money from a cash register from Home Depot and Child Services threatened to take me and my bother away when my dad was drunk driving with us in the car. It was a pretty traumatic experience, but it's over now.

I guess my mom had enough of my dad and his flaws. So she walked out the front door with her wallet, phone, and son. But that night, she left behind half of her life, a half that I believed to be important for the first 13 years of my life, me.