DADDY WORKS A SKILLED TRADE

My stepdad hasn't so much as glanced at me since we got in the truck.

He's just been driving in silence, strangely focused on the road ahead of him.

Not like he's the talkative kind. Especially with me. Especially with what I've done lately.

He's been a hardass on me for most of our time together. It's like he's taken it upon himself to act like a real “father”, since I never had one. But I never asked him to, and it's kind of fucked up that he's even trying. It's, like, where do you get off? I'm a grown woman. Yeah, I might have...