It's a Twin Thing

Chapter 10: Ask for my coffee to go (Part ii)

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Firstly, I want to apologize for being M.I.A for so long... Life's been super crazy and i haven't been able to keep up with everything.

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Xoxo, Fabiana 

Chapter 10: Ask for my coffee to go (Part ii)

"We're finally all together at the dinner table." My dad spoke. Mom has been home for two weeks and this is the first time we're having a meal together.

"How was work today?" Natasha asked.

My dad placed his fork down on his plate to take a sip of his white wine before speaking.

"I'm not going to lie, it was exhausting. Right now I have two cases at hand: a boy from a neighbor town whose family is, uhm, complicated; and-" He took another sip. "Then I have this girl, Lori, she started a fire because her mom refuses to accept her relationship with her girlfriend."

My mom made a chocking noise after drinking from her glass and my dad continued.

"She's known for doing these kind of stuff ever since she was little, the thing is she's not a little kid acting out anymore, now she's facing juvy." He concluded.

Coming to think of it, this was also the first conversation that didn't include a fight. But that's besides the point; anyway, my dad is a lawyer, but right now he is working as a public defender. He has his own office, where he works on 'regular' cases and recently opened another office, after he decided to not work at the previous law firm he worked at, where he takes on mostly cases involving teenagers. At his old firm they wouldn't let him work as a public defender as well. Also most of his work at this second office is pro-bono, given the fact that teenagers are usually not in a position where they make money to provide for themselves, let alone to be able afford a lawyer.

When believed the repercussions are not deserved, it is important to have a good defense lawyer.

Personally, I think it's noble that he gave up the big paycheck in order to help those who need it and still have an office, a successful one, that allows him to keep providing for his family.

"She's doing it for the attention." Natasha dead-panned and my dad nodded in agreement. "However the mom is right."

I let out a sarcastic chuckle. So typical.

"Why am I not surprised by that?" I asked in an affirmation tone.

"What do you mean?" She asked raising an eyebrow.

"Why exactly do you think the mom is right?" I tried making my point clearer, in my mom's point of view it's always the kid's fault.

"Well, for starters, a girl should never have a girlfriend." She spoke as if it was the most obvious thing in the world and I had to refrain myself from making a scene right there and then and, instead, gave her the benefit of the doubt that she had simply made a poor choice of words.

"Why not?" I queried again.

"It's not natural." Okay, there aren't a lot of ways that could have gone but I was really wishing I didn't have to add 'homophobic' to the list of my mom's flaws. Before I had time to pick my jaw up from the ground, my brother spoke, making his debut in this conversation.