My father has probably made me smarter when it comes to what flies out of my mouth. I still slip up...a lot. But I'm better. A lot better than I used to be. Around the time when I was 12-years-old, I was a fricking sassy little female dog. I was rude, violent, and a terrible sister to my sisters.
Then, my parent's divorce made things worse. Depression and anxiety came into my life, and I just wanted to be left alone all the time. This story starts officially when I was 14. My father had politely asked me to load the dishwasher after my shower, and I begrudgingly agreed to. He ignored the sass I gave him there when answering. Then, when I was halfway up the stairs, he called, "Ember?"
I turned around and scowled at him, giving a dirty look. "What?!" I said, all but snarling like the spoiling bitc - I mean, brat I was being.
He narrowed his eyes at me, and I already knew what that look meant. I could feel my eyes widen and I tensed no longer out of anger, but fear. My dad is usually a quietly mad, which is terrifying on its own.
"Do you think I'm an asshole?" he asked me. I recoiled in surprise. He rarely swore around me and my younger sisters. He felt like it made him the "bad guy". In this situation, I was the "bad guy" and he was fighting me.
"Wha... no!" I answered him.
"Then why are you talking to me like I'm some asshole you can't get off your back?" he asked and I had no valid response. From that day on, he'd just have to look at me when I gave him sass and I would be cowering away saying, "Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! It was an accident, I'm sorry!"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfuh7PKyNV
He is one of the strongest men I know, too, because my father was always angry for no reason when he was a child. All the hatred he had as a teen he burned off by wrestling. He was really good, and I don't think he deserved the rude things and rude words the female dog that is my mom can say or do. He and I are similar in many ways, and I appreciate all he does for me. I don't think I would've gotten into writing if I wasn't inspired by his own writing works to do so.
ns 15.158.61.48da2
