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athers face was tired. He's only in his late thirties and already has wrinkles and grey hair. He’s been working graveyard shifts for as long as I can remember. Why? Because that earns him the mo

n’t go to school that day, I helped dad and mom move their stuff from our beaten down one bedroom to the now white mansion mom picked out, it’s a three story six bedrooms and five bathroom house with white walls and expensive painting and furniture. The back had a swimming pool that overlooked Beverly Hills and a tennis court along with a basketball court. Mom smiled at her new kitchen and dad smiled at the comparable couch that massaged his back,I turned to leave when I heard them both called out to me. Mom kissed my forehead and both her and dad held me tight in a hug “Thank you.” Were the words they muttered and I left before I started crying. The next day I got ready and threw on my regular old dingy jacket and jeans and grabbed a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. I’m almost done with college and my degree in business management but that’s not why I was more than happy to get to campus, I wanted to see her, I wanted to see Kelly the only woman that held my heart in that palm of her hands. I removed my contact lens and placed on my round glasses and hurried to the canteen. She was sitting with her friends Milly and Terry, smiling and giggling as always. Our eyes locked with eachothers and she ran into my arms, I wanted to marry her but settled asking her the question at graduation. Months went by and graduation was near, my brother and sister were born happy and health, my younger brother returned from grandmas and dad still worked his night shift job because he said money finish quickly and we still had a little while before Jason came back in order for us to open the restaurant, and I was still looking at people to run the night club alongside me. And me and milly were still fresh in love with each other, Graduation rolled around the corner and I was jittering, fresh haircut and a big ass diamond in my pocket I was ready to collect my degree and put a ring on the woman I love. But that didn’t go as planned, I got my degree yes but milly dumped me for Ryan, a hotel owner's son. I would be lying to you if I told you I wasn’t heart broken but I used that time to decorate and pick out dishes with Jason fo