Chapter 35: Completely Screwed

Keira’s POV

I followed Papa home as it was too late to head back to my apartment. It was already dark when he drove us home. Other than a few passing comments about good weather, Papa did not say much, so I figured it was time to bring up the thing that had been eating at me.

Giving him a passing glance from the passenger’s seat, I went for it. "I noticed you took out Mom’s stuff the last time I came home."

I did not think it was going to affect me the way it did when I no longer saw her stuff in the house. They always made me feel like she was still there with us. But now that he had taken them out, I was forced to accept the hard truth.

He was silent for a while, and I did not care about feeling like an asshole for pushing it, but I did it anyway. "Why did you not even ask me about taking them out?"

"You spend the most time at your apartment in school and you are hardly ever home, Keira. I did not think you would care much."

I folded my arms across my chest, frowning at him in