A New Ride

Danica POV

I knew there would be some unwanted attention from telling everyone who my father was behind closed doors. That behind that drunken stature was a man that enjoyed tell his daughter she was worth nothing. A man who liked to take every advantage of bruises her.

He wasn’t here today and in a way, I felt what any child would. Disappointment. Or at least that’s how I would I felt until nearly the entire gym gave me a standing ovation.

I didn’t expect that. And when I crossed that stage, I told myself. That was enough of high school. I’m done.

Dmitry read the look on my face. Him and Cory stood to move toward the end of the bleachers. I kept walking toward the exit and didn’t look back.

We all piled into the car and headed home. Not a lot of people were waiting outside the gym, but the few that were stared at me.

Cory gave me a few congrats pats on the shoulder from the back seat before handing me a small camera. One that he picked up from the drug store.

I smiled giving him a co