I have fallen asleep at some point during the drive. I know we're somewhere in Alabama parked outside a motel 6.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Because I'm broke Normani. The house was about to be foreclosed on. So none of the insurance money will go to me. I need a way to get away from the memories of Andrea . Your baby is my ticket to a new life." He tells me.
"But, I don't want to give up my baby." I tell him firmly. "There's other ways."
I know Dinah would give you anything to make you go away, if she doesn't kill you first.
"I've tried other ways. I even went to loan shark when you decided you didn't want an after school job. Listen you're young you can have a baby later on in life. Plus, I'll give you some of the money. You can go to college. Away from me."
I want away from you now!
"If you're broke, how are you paying for this all now?" I ask after we get into the room.
"I got a quarter of my payment already from the family that's buying your baby."
"Do you really hate me that much to do all this? I'm sure Gordon Hansen would of helped you or something."
"I'm not one to ask for money from friends." He huffs.
"So you do it the illegal way?"
"Shut up, Normani." He growls.
"I want to go home Derrick !" I scream.
And for the first time ever. He hits me. Right across the face.
"You're not going back there. You're my daughter and you will do as I say."
"I might be your daughter but you're not very much of a father." I tell him sitting on the bed.
"I didn't have a choice to keep you or not. But listen in 8 months you won't have to see me again and I won't have to see you."
