It didn’t take him long to realize what I was doing.
I don’t think anyone knew what was really going through my head, and honestly, neither did I. I just needed to get rid of anything that reminded me of my family.
When I was finished I went back inside and I closed the door.
I saw the house was completely empty. There was nothing in any room except my bedroom. So I slid down the wall in the living room and I looked around at the empty house. As if no one ever lived here.
And that’s exactly the way I wanted it.
I had been sitting in the house for a couple of hours when someone opened the front door and Arlo was standing there.
“Wow. I thought dad was exaggerating.” Arlo said, looking around the house.
“Brand new house. Once I paint it.” I said.
“You’re going to paint it?” H
