It didn't take long to get settled back into my dad's house. I got a job at a nearby health food store, my daughter was safely squared away in her school, things seemed to be getting a little better between her dad & I. For a while there we couldn't even have a normal conversation at all, it always ended up in an argument. Things were looking up.
I continued to see him. About a month after I had left the trailer, I went out there again & stayed the night. We sat up talking. We talked about his life and where he was headed. I told him he needed a change. We both got the idea at the same time: maybe he could rent a room out from my dad.
He did. He took the upstairs, what used to be my dad's gambling room.
...and so began a whole new chapter.
