David C. McLavic - 10. Chapter 10

In the morning we heard Dad talking to Mom.

“I don’t know what’s wrong with you. I was planning on leaving and taking you to the farm on Friday, but the way you're acting, I’ll now take you on Saturday. When we get to the farm, I’m leaving and driving home. I’ll take the kids, and you can find your own way home.”

Then we heard the door slamming shut.

I looked at Beth Ann, “I want to stay at the farm. Carl has become a good friend. If I go home with Dad I’ll probably never see him again.”

“Talk to Dad, he’ll let us stay.”

At breakfast, Mom wasn’t there. Looking at Dad, “Your mother has a headache.”

I didn’t have a problem with that. Breakfast was biscuits with homemade jelly and a bowl of oats loaded with berries. I had two servings of oats, Beth Ann looked at me laughing while patting her stomach. I knew what she meant, I would be getting fat like Uncle Frank.

Breakfast over, we headed back to Dad’s room. He had books I wanted to read and there were more artifacts for Beth Ann and Cleopatra to play with.

I got Into reading one of Dad’s reports. I found it interesting. Dad was thorough in his reports, I felt as if I was there,

Over the next two days, Beth Ann and I spent our time in Dad’s room. We only left for meals.

Saturday morning at breakfast Mom wasn’t there. Now, no one cared.

The men showed up to crate up Dad’s room. Dad told Uncle Frank as soon as he found Mom they would be leaving. Beth Ann and I took our suitcases to the car and there was Mom sitting in the front sea

We went to find Dad. When we told him where Mom was, he became very angry. I had never seen my Dad so angry. Apologizing to Uncle Frank and Aunt Dorothy about Mom’s behavior, we left for the farm.