We were all sat in silence in the living room, Kevin and Katie both looked really white, and I was just really confused as well as upset. Dad came back through to see. He told us he didn’t want to leave so Kevin was just asking him “why, why dad why?” dad didn’t answer he just told us we had to lock the door after he had gone and we weren’t allowed to let any one in the house. Just then a lady who looked very unfamiliar to me came and knocked at the door. By this time Katie was letting out a painful cry and she was saying, “Don’t leave us please dad!” All I wanted was my mum. Dad gathered his last belongings together and then introduced us to the lady who had come and knocked at the door. “You three I want you to meet the lady I am going to be moving in with her name is Wray.” Well the look on Kevin’s face was a picture he looked as if he was trying to say something but the words just wouldn’t come out. I was getting really confused by this time I didn’t understand why any of it was happening all I knew was that I wouldn’t see my dad for a long time.
Dad came across and gave us a hug Katie’s eyes were all red from where she had been crying. He gave me a hug it will be the feeling that I will never forget I had a feeling in me as if I was never going to see him again.
Dad tried to explain to Kevin what was going on but Kevin wasn’t listening he just didn’t want to no. Katie didn’t say anything at all she was just looking around the living room. “I will be back to see you soon,” dad said but the question was when, I never asked him this because I knew he wouldn’t tell us when he would return.
Dad got up and shut the living room door really quite gently so it didn’t make to much noise. It all left me with a painful feeling inside me; it wasn’t just painful though I was angry too. Kevin was crying by this point and he ran across the room to Katie and me and just gave us a hug. We herd the car start up out side and set off down the road. All I wanted was my mum.
We had three hours to wait until mum came home from work, Katie went to her room and I never saw her until mum did get back, I wasn’t really feeling much by this time apart from hurt, but nothing would have stopped that. Kevin sat me down and tried to tell me tried to tell me why it had all happened, but it really didn’t make sense to me.
Time went so slowly and I felt really lonely. There was no fire on in the living room, and it was all-dark because it was raining outside which made the place feel even more empty and lonely. There was nothing at this time that made the place feel like home.
When mum got home it was like we had been waiting years for this to happen. When she got in the house she broke down in tears and shouted “THE GIT!!” it was horrible, she tried to explain to us what was going on, I started to realise what was going on but it still never sank in, it was in a great blur. Katie and Kevin found it harder to cope than me, well they were older and did under stand more than me.
I haven’t seen my dad for eight years now, and the last time he rang me was when I go my GCSE results all he wanted to know was if I was staying on at school, because he didn’t want to pay any maintenance any more.
Four years after my dad left my mum got a new man, Angus he is called and they got married two years ago. Angus is like my real dad as he is always there for me and well he gives me money and different things when I need them. He looks after me like I am his real daughter; this does make me feel special and cared for not just by my mum. Angus is now apart of the family!!
By Hannah Watson
Tutor Bev Pink
