To prepare myself for this blog post, I listened to a podcast, What You Don’t Know (Lulu Wang). In this blog post, I will be explaining a past scene where I made a decision that had a negative impact on my life.
It was around 6:00 p.m. when my dad got home from work. “Let’s go.” He yelled up the stairs. Immediately I knew he was drinking. The way his eyes were squinted and he slurred his words. I gave him a dirty look as he was yelling at my little brother for absolutely nothing. I tell my little brother, Adan, and my little sister, Adriana, to not respond to his comments and to just listen to him. We got in the car and I refused to look at him. The car ride was absolutely silent. My siblings refused to talk. He cursed at every car for doing something wrong. I was so angry since we had planned for a couple weeks to go to Delaware to get our hair cut by one of my dads friends. I don’t know why I would think this day would be any different from the rest but still. This one day, one day, he had to get drunk and I was angered. We were driving down the windy Dutton Mill road as I was nervous by his driving. “Dad! Watch where you are going!” I yelled. “Stop telling me what to do.” he replied. I started to to fight with him. Back and forth we argued as I felt bad for my siblings in the back seat . “Dad pull over! Now. Now!” He sped into this empty bar parking lot right before we got on I-95. “Get out.” He yelled firmly. I was crying by this point as I turned around to Adriana and Adan, “Come on guys, hurry up. Get out.” They weren’t responding to me as I had hoped. They slowly unbuckled their seatbelts but not fast enough. I was trying to overtalk my dad and get them to listen to me but it was clear that they were scared of my dad telling them the complete opposite commands as me. “Don’t you move.” He stared at them. “Get out of the fucking car!” he yelled at me. I refused since my siblings weren’t allowed out of the car and there was no way I was letting them stay alone with him. I started to plead to just take us home. That angered him more. We began to make our way back to my house as I stared out the window, tears falling from my eyes. He rambled on as a tuned him out. All I wanted to do is lay in my bed. Alone. We pulled in my driveway as I grabbed my siblings and rushed up to my room to hide. We heard footsteps coming up the steps shortly after. He forced Adriana and I to give him our phones as my sister sobbed. I went in the office to get the house phone and called my mimi. “I will be home shortly” She said calmly. “Just stay away from him” as I hung up the phone. We tip toed around my house the rest of the night trying to avoid him at all costs. The next morning, he had left our phones on the counter. From this day on, no apology, no acknowledgment of that day ever happening.
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Matt McShane
10/8/2018 10:27:10 am
This scene was a very interesting read. Also, I feel bad for you because I can relate to what you're feeling.
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Andrew Moskowitz
10/8/2018 11:36:54 am
This scene was amazing I could see the whole story. But that sounds rough, you are brave for protecting your siblings like that I hope everything gets better.
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DANIELLE MCINTYRE
10/8/2018 04:28:34 pm
this can relate personally to this scene i read it three times. its a sad scene but i loved it
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