Evicted by Traci Sek

Author:Traci Sek [Sek, Traci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-06T05:00:00+00:00

Moving Again

I arrive home, and my dad and Kate instantly greet me.

"Where have you been, Jess?" my father asks me immediately.

"I was at my friend Gia's house; she was having a bad day."

"You should have called me! I was worried, your sister was worried, you left no note."

"Whoa! I'm sorry. You never really cared before! So, I’m not used to it.”

"Don't start that crap with me again, Jessa! Let it go; we are moving on from this... here." He tosses me a small box.

I look inside to see a black cellphone, and I’m shocked. It must have shown on my face when my father spoke up. "Yes, Jess, it's a cellphone," he states sarcastically.

"Thank you! Wait, can you even afford this?"

"Well, it's prepaid for now."

"I got one too," Kate interrupts, holding up her phone.

"What's the catch?" I ask curiously.

"Well, I decided to use the rent money to get you cellphones..."

"Why would you do that?" My thoughts are running wild. My stomach churns, and I feel like I’m about to be sick. He wouldn't do this again. No! He can’t be doing this again to us!

"Well, you really wanted them, and you need them. How much you need a phone was clear to me today. Unfortunately, I’m a month behind on rent because of unplanned car repairs. However, Sarah and I have been talking, and before we get evicted again, we decided to move in together."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" I hold up my hand, now overwhelmed.

"So you thought skipping out on paying rent and bribing us with cell phones was going to make it ok for us to move in with Sarah? I mean, don't get me wrong, I am starting to like her, but not enough to move in already."

"Well, do you want to be evicted again?"

I hesitate. "No, of course not!"

"Then this is what we have to do. It's silly to pay two rents and risk bad things when we can put our money together and have nice things for you guys. Anyways it's already decided whether you like it or not."

I bite my tongue and want to scream as I feel the blood rushing to my head. I take a deep breath and finally nod.

After a minute of silence, Kate spoke up. "So, dad, you never said when we are moving."

"Well, you might as well start packing your stuff. The sooner, the better."

Kate jumps off the couch, giddy. The girl who was so sad a few months ago, who I promised would never have to move again, is now giddy and happy. Of course, she’s giddy the girl’s moving in with her boyfriend. This is her lucky day. I follow Kate up the stairs sulking every inch of the way. I can't believe this, I murmur under my breath.

As soon as I get upstairs, I find the numberSpencer gave me and enter it into my new phone. I debate for a minute whether or not to text him. What would I say? Kate’s already texting up a storm. Spencer is my first boyfriend, and I quite frankly did not know how to be in a relationship.

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