Chapter 26; The girl I like

Dylan, his two brothers and dad sat around a dining table in a solemn mood.

“Thank you all for coming, I didn’t expect it.. well you’re here now and that’s all that matters”

There was awkward silence again. Then Dylan cleared his throat.

“I was so mad at you when mom died, I blamed you, I said if you were around mom

Wouldn’t have died. We wouldn’t have had to go stay with our uncle, it was messed up. We were always broke, we were always hungry”

Dylan said with tears in his eyes.

The room was dead silent. Mr. Walsh he heaved with his head bowed. He didn’t know how to explain to his three sons that he really did love them and that he also wished he could’ve done better.

“I’m sorry, I wanted us to be together always, but the man in me… how could I face you when I couldn’t make enough to put food on your table, I wanted to prove I was a man that could care for my family I was working about 4 jobs, we had debt to pay, your mum was sick we had to pay the hospital bills too, spending ti