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Jonathan, my friend, just got an earful for going into the forest. All I got was a stare from my dad. My dad didn’t think words would change my decisions at this point so he just stood there. He was far away from me, but his shadow stretched over me and his glare was like the sun itself. He would not let me move because that was my punishment and my dad was strict in that way. If he had just yelled at me or grounded me that would have been easier, but this was torture and I could not stand the long silence.
So I asked “Can I go inside.”
He said “Until dinner is done you will stay right here.”
“But why, all I did was…”
“Because I said so!” He responded so quickly it was frightening. This was also the first time I ever really heard him raise his voice. I could not move now even if I wanted to because that froze me dead in place. But I then heard my salvation as my mother came out and told us dinner was done. My father didn’t say a word before going back into the house. The walls needed to be repainted and the entire room was just big enough to fit a couch and tv. There was an open doorway leading into our dining room. Toby, my older brother, had to share a room with me and this led to heavy competition in just about everything. Kalley, my older sister, was the tallest of us all at the time and her hair was a dark brown like my dad’s. Lisa was my younger sister, her hair was very blonde and she was the nicest person alive. Ashe was young and just got into pre-k. He had

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