Chapter 193

• DADDY CONSOLES HIS BIRTHDAY GIRL
• BUZZZZZZ.
• The sound of the alarm pushed me out of my slumber. Unsurprisingly, I woke up on the sadder side of the bed. Today was the third anniversary of my mother’s death. Struck and killed by a drunk driver, she died on impact. I remember that day like it was yesterday. She was on her way home from the grocery store. She had gone to purchase a bottle of sparkling cider and some dinner items. It was my 18th birthday, and we wanted to celebrate at home, because it was a weeknight and she had work in the morning. Sadly, the day she kissed me good morning and told me I was a woman, was the day she died, leaving me alone with my stepfather.