I walked in to my dad's room and wondered why he had his suitcase out . I wonder where he would go, not to a family thing cause we would go, not a wedding, hmmm.
Maybe if I opened the bag and saw what was in there i could find out where he's going . I turned around and closed the door . It was just me Alice and Brady home right now but I didn't want anybody to know what I was doing .
I slowly opened the suitcase scared yet anxious . Stupid why would you be scared it's not like he's going on a work trip again .
Let's see black shirt, black long sleeves, and a black bag . Oh no ! Did I speak to soon is dad going for another job for work ! I hear footsteps I quickly close the bag, zip it , and act natural .
"Oh hi Claire, what are you doing in my room ?" I hesitated . " Um... I'm... talking to mom ." I turned around and stared at the portrait of my mom on his wall . " Yeah, I do that too some times ." was my father really tearing up right now , was I tearing up ? " So where are you going dad ? Your suitcase is all packed . " He gave me a I'm sorry look . Uh oh ! Did u speak too soon ? Was he going back to work ?
" Um honey, I'm short on money right now . You knew I couldn't live off my glory days my whole life Claire ." Oh no ! He was not going again ! " While I'm gone you Alice Brady Max and Sarah are just going to stay in the corridor the whole time I'm gone and if I need help you and Alice will help me right ?".
"Of course we will help you dad after mom died but you promised our family you wouldn't ever go back to your old job remember ?"
Yes honey I remember but you need to keep your family safe and so do I . I promise this is the last trip I will ever take I have money saved up so I can retire this is the last time ok ? I will leave tomorrow at 7:30 am Claire . I love you sweet heart you need to realize that ok ?"
" Ok dad I know you love me and I love you too I just don't want to lose you and mom . You know ? Your the all we have left dad only you and all of us miss mom more than heck I don't want to lose you too ."
" I know, I miss her too , but you can't lose me that easy . Your mom died hard and she was a strong woman I will never forget ."
That night at dinner he told all of us and we all had our complaints and Alice was pissed off more than any of us . "What the hell dad your like 48 and your going back to work what's wrong with you ."
After a while we all calmed down and realized he was doing this for us . And if it was his last time he was for sure done he told all of us he was after this .
He left at 7:30 like he said I cried more than any of them even Alice . It was hard for me . When he left we all packed our bags and headed for the corridor down stairs . It's kinda like the one in the Harry potter movies I'm in love with btw but it's bigger . We all have one huge room we share together . we have this room in case something happens when dads gone .
We all missed dad a lot and cried at night . m and Alice and Brady talked for a while after Sarah and Max went to sleep . Brady is that kind of guy that understands how life is and can relate to a lot of stuff so I love talking to home and Alice about this stuff and I really needed to talk right now .
