Chante Why did my mother automatically take his side?! I went to bed feeling overwhelmed by everything. I wished I could start my night shift with a new training officer. I had no idea where Freddie’s head was at. I couldn’t imagine mom and me living in his house. And then there was the car that suddenly appeared out of thin air … I rolled my eyes as I rolled around my bed. I knew why this situation was so upsetting. I just didn’t want to admit it. Not even to myself. When I couldn’t sleep, I decided to get up to watch some television, but the pictures in the living room caught my eye. Freddie looked so young in them. Not that he looked old now. I could just see how life had changed him. It made him look older than he probably was. It made me really grateful that I didn’t have friends

