Chapter 45: Carter

##Chapter 45: Carter

My grip tightens around the steering wheel until my knuckles turn bone white.

What the hell is he doing at the house?

He isn't supposed to be there.

Mom filed for divorce along with a restraining order. He was served both last week, which pissed him off to no end. I went with her myself to the local police station to file the restraining order. He's a piece of shit that needs to disappear from our lives.

As the tires eat up the pavement and bring us closer to school, Daisy remains quiet. Every so often, I feel the weight of her gaze resting on me. When she reaches out and threads her fingers through mine, it takes everything I have inside to tamp down the truth. I want to keep her as far from this dysfunction as I can. I'm embarrassed by the situation. Embarrassed that this is what I come from.

That this is who I am.

More than that, I fucking hate that there's the slightest chance I could turn out to be anything like my father. It makes me sick to my stoma