In the end

Chapter 3

So my dad actually hit a student. Now laying in me bed hearing the branches knocking on my window I was thinking. What is going to happen now? Beatriz told me that he had reasons. But what reasons? What could justify such a serious thing. He can lose his job. He can be a jerk but it's his job, his livelihood.

The rest of the night is spend thinking about what could I do to help my father.. That sounds weird. But even though he's a bad father no one deserves this. Not even I would wish something like that to happen to him. I hear my parents going to sleep so I turn of the lights and curl up in my bed sheets. After a little I get to a conclusion. I'm going to talk with my dad in the morning and find that stupid kid. I think.

"Good morning." The smell of the sweet muffins has already filled the room and my dad is already sitting at the table with his mug in one hand and the newspaper in the other.

"Good morning, sweetie." My mom says putting two little muffins in front of me and I reply with a simple thank you.

"Good morning." my dad says harshly, for change. This time I can't blame him for being in a bad mood.

"So dad... I heard about the problem with that student." My mom turns to me and gives that shut up look but my father surprise us by start talking.

"You have to understand, Carolina.. I'm not proud of what I did but that kid crossed the lines." He sounds apprehensive and worried. "I don't want you to think that I.. did that without strongs reasons."

"And what reasons are that?" He takes a deep breath and looks to my mother. She's standing in front of the balcony looking at the view.

"I think that's everything you should know." she says lowing her head. They have got to be kidding me.

"No! Do I know him? What happened dad? Please tell me, please!" They don't want to tell me but I'm going to make them talk. Maybe that kid talked about us, our family. I seem strong from the outside but things are not that simple. This types of things kill me a little bit more inside everytime. Nobody has the right to talk about me or my family, and I'm sure that was what happened.

"He said some things about us, he didn't know what he was talking about, so stop the questions. There's nothing for you to worry about." Of course he talked about us. And it must have been serious and really bad. I want to know what he said! Or maybe not..

"And.. What did he say about us?" I asked afraid of the answer.

"I'm not going to repeat. You just need to know that everything that he said it's not true, just some inventions to mess with my head." You mean bad things.

"Dad, I really want to know.." I say still wondering if that was really true.

"Honey.." He called me honey. This was the first time he called something that was not my name, and I felt my heart melting a little. But quickly I fell into the reality.

"Just say it, dad!"

"He said that your mother cheated on me and that just married me because of money and that you were a slut just like her! Satisfied now?"

I actually was expecting this, in some way. If it was just about me I would resolve the problem with my ownself, but it's my family. Especially my mom she doesn't deserve anything like this. That asshole really, really crossed the lines. And.. He said I was a slut.. Does everyone thinks that? If they do, why? Why do people say things like that! I don't even know him, he doesn't even know me! All the possible bad things that can happen are stuck in my head and I start to feel a little unbalanced and dizzy. I take my hand to my forehead and close my eyes before I speak.

"What is going to happen now?" I'm not watching the scene but I can tell that my mom didn't move yet and my dad is seated in front of me doing the exact same thing as me.

"I don't know, Carolina. I still need to know if his parents are going to sue me." That is not going to happen, not a chance. Not because of some stupid guy who thinks that can say the first thing that comes to his head. No. I will punch him in the face if I need to.

"Who's the guy?" I dare to ask one more time.

"It doesn't really matter. Just go to school, okay?" Okay I'm not going to insist more, he just won't tell me.

"Then I will just find out by myself." I get out of the kitchen and my dad says something but I just pretend I'm deaf. I will find out. And I just decided that he will listen to me.

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