Page 17 of Sweet Days


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spike in my tire: I’m free and I’m happy.

I’m doing great and nothing and no one could

ever take away this feeling of being able to do

anything I want.

Is that what makes me an asshole?

Depends on your point of view, but in all

sincerity, I don’t really care what people think of

me. I have my family and this ‘acquired’ family of

mine, with Aaron, Jay, Liam and Rain.

And I’m fine.

Nothing could ever upset me; nothing could

ever make me change my ideas.

Nothing and no one.

My parents had six kids. My father decided to

take off when my little brother Danny was just two

years old. I was fifteen at the time and I remember

very well what life was like with him. He never

had a stable job. He wasn’t able to hold one down

for more than two months at a time and so we

never had enough of anything at home, whether it

was food or clothes, and not to mention other

things that aren’t strictly necessary to get along.

Six children, for Christ’s sakes, what the hell

were they thinking? Don’t misunderstand me; I

wouldn’t want to put any one of my siblings back

where they came from. I love all the members of

my family and I thank my mother every day for

what she did for us, but I’d never make that kind

of choice.

My parents got married really young because of