The abandoned child

A Story by Jac Rogge

My sisters father had just died, so my mom took her and her friend to a bowling alley to get away. Afterwards a man who was drunk driving hit them. No one was hurt, the car was just a little damaged. My mom refused to press charges against him because his wife had just died, and she couldn't see pressing charges on a man in as much pain as my sister. She went to the shop to hear the damage and then she saw a salesman about 5'7, handsome, italian man. So she went over and talked to him. The next day, my mom, a women who never wears makeup and wears a tee shirt and jeans everywhere, put on makeup, a dress, and high heels. And off she went to see him. She was picking up her car that day, she wouldnt see him anymore. So she gave him a reason to wanna see her. That talked more. My mom had to go to work afterwards. And went she got there, he had called her 3 times, she just left! So they started dating. And later on, to be completely honest it could have 3 months or a year, i'm not sure, but anyway later on he told her that he was married. She was furious. She left him. But she loved him, like a dummy she went back. My mother has something called endometriosis, so the doctor said she couldnt get pregnant again. Well surprise! They had dated about three years and he just left. Ive never truly understood why he left. But it wasnt because of me because my mother didnt even know she was pregnant till a month after he left. But he followed her because he contacted her. My mom unloaded trucks for a living at a craft store. And he asked her "Should you be unloading trucks", so she said "Why wouldnt I?" Giving away a hint of protection and subtly of knowing. There were strange cars that came up our driveway once in a while and a bike waiting for my mom to bring me into the cold morning air to take me to daycare. But no show of him. For a little bit of a year his brother showed himself. But you cant come in and out of my life as many have. So I shut him out of my life completely. Im now 15 and never met my father and I dont think I really want to. If someone has ever been abandoned or never met a person who should be important in your life, you know the pain. And even if I do meet him and build a relationship with him, that pain will always linger, always.