- 15.
Dad was losing, so I ran to the fight.
They had knives, and I knew nothing about
fighting.
Dad covered me.
The police got there, and took everyone away.
Dad died.
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Dad grabbed my hands.
He smiled.
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He smiled.
“You ok?”
He touched my face.
“Don’t cry, I’m singing you happy birthday.”
He was smiling, but his teeth were yellow.
I told him to stop smoking.
“Happy birthday to you Jenny!”
The officer covered him.
“You’re Ethan’s daughter. I remember you
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went to the police station.”
“Your Dad was a hero, but no one can know.”
I nodded.
He had worked under the mob for twenty
years.
No one cared or loved him.
That was my job now.
Grandma came to the funeral from across the
country.
She was sad, and went to Dad’s body.
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She hit his face.
She knew he did wrong.
She knew he was wrong.
I kneeled at his body.
“It’s your fault. You ruined his life.”
Mia cried.
“It’s my fault, if they didn’t go to the party,
this wouldn’t have happened.”
Mom pulled my hair.
“Why wasn’t it you.”
“I always told you to stay away from him, how
will I live?”
I knelt there.
Mom was sad, and never spoke to me again.
After 18, I never had a birthday, because it was the day Dad died.
