We made it a couple of weeks without my father showing up again, but he woke me up and handed me an envelope without saying a word.
I noticed that he was staring at Marlene as I opened the envelope, and I wanted to tell him to stop because she was naked and it felt wrong that he was even in the same room as her.
My throat went dry and my stomach twisted as I saw what was in the envelope.
"Canada?" I read the details on the ticket again. "Dad, that's… are you serious? I thought you'd send her to Berlin or something - this is ridiculous and…" I saw the date on the ticket and I wanted to throw up.
August 18th.
I couldn't speak.
I sat back down on the bed with the ticket in my hands and the words blurred as my eyes filled with tears.
It was over.
"She's starting to show already,"
