I’ve avoided everything that’s come at me in life. When my mom looked at me, I avoided eye contact, when my teacher threw assignments at me, I avoided them by losing the books or the paperwork. I’ve dodged responsibility for all my twenty-two years of life, so how is it now that I’ve had the biggest pressure dropped on me all of the sudden? How is it that after all this practice, I can’t dodge this bullet and there’s no real way for me to avoid the situation this time but…
I can’t do it. I can’t be a dad.
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Short StoryThis is a collection of short stories done as a writing exercise. This collection will contain only short stories, one shots, and the like, all based on a random three words given to me daily.