It all started with us getting kicked out.
It was the start of my summer vacation, and I was looking out the window admiring the flowers blooming in the garden that I liked to think was mine.
I was always the one maintaining it anyways.
I was watching the butterflies fly around, land on the flowers then fly away again.
The doorbell ringing jolted me from my daze, and I walked slowly towards the door assuming it would be my boyfriend. "Sam?" I asked, reaching for the doorknob. Met with no reply, I tiptoed to take a look through the peek hole and realised that it was our town's county sheriff - someone who I liked to stay as far away as possible from.
The door creaked as I pulled it open, "Afternoon Sheriff, how can I help you?" Sheriff Robbie solemnly handed me a letter. "Bank's been chasing me to pass this to you."
I peered down at the suddenly heavy envelope, and saw that it was from Bank Govo. I looked up in confusion with my mouth open, ready to ask for some explanation.
"I'm sorry kid, I didn't want to do it either. I was hoping you and your father would get the situation under control soon, but now I have no choice but to listen to the higher ups", he shrugged unhelpfully.
I looked back down, noticing the word eviction in bold under the plastic film of the envelope. Slowly, understanding folded over me.
My father constantly working late night shifts, the silence during breakfast, the constant feeling that he was hiding something from me. Everything made sense. My father couldn't keep up with the rising rent and bank debt.
In a semi-trance, I nodded at the sheriff, and turned, closing the door behind me.
Leaning against the door in defeat, I opened the envelope, and staggered through the contents of the letter.
We had to scavenge out $40k worth of rent and bank fees in 1 month, or we would be kicked out.
I blinked back tears as I gazed around this house that I loved and grew up in. Where my dad had helped me take my first steps, where I had left baby scrawls all over the walls, and where I had the very few memories of my mother.
What is going to happen to us?
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Lost | k.th
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