While my parents had seemed to work out whatever it was going on between them, my sisters hadn’t forgiven me, and I don’t know if my dad was so upset with me that I was crossed off his list or if he was just so busy that he hadn’t had a chance to come and deal directly with me himself. But the morning I was to go back to school, my dad said, “Hey, I’m taking you.” It actually was fine with me because I didn’t want to ride with my sisters. I could always depend on Yuri to side with me, but now she was hanging out with Slade more than me. Certainly my mom knew my dad better than I did, and if she was okay with him now, maybe I did need to cut him some slack. “Listen, Sloan. I know I’ve been going in so many different directions, but I am not at all pleased with these stunts you’re pulling to get attention.” All I could do was cross my arms and huff. I wasn’t trying to get attention. My dad continued, “You don’t have to harm your reputation to try to get people to notice you.
