Chapter 9 He sighed .
Do you really think I still need any of this ? I didnt answer .
Ms.
Palmer , instead of fussing with these things , maybe you should focus on fixing your hair .
And … stop bugging me .
Its pointless .
I watched him walk away in silence , his back retreating from my side .
He really did have a temper and a blunt way of speaking .
But Ben … He had called me Jen .
He had pulled me to the ground when he was scared of thunder and insisted on holding me while we slept .
He had waited for me to come home with a smile on his face .
He had started this .
He made me look at the chaos of my life and suddenly feel like there was something to look forward to .
Now , he was leaving without a word ; he didnt want me anymore .
I went to the salon and had my hair cut short .
The stylist told me that the way they cut it left my hair completely messy .
So , even though I wanted a trim , they had to cut it extremely short right above my ears .
The hair that had once reached my waist was now cut so short .
It stung a little inside .
Afterward , I called my father to argue with him .
It was laughable , really .
The first conversation wed had in two years was an argument .
He coldly told me , Its just hair .

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Youre grown up now .
Why are you still concerned about that ? I was so angry I almost threw my phone out the window .
But then I stopped myself .
I didnt have the money to replace it .
Id bought that phone with my own money , so it wasnt worth breaking it just to vent my frustration .
I needed to find a job , one that had no connection to my fathers company .
My resume was decent , but I was just like a fresh graduate whod offended the business worlds old bosses .
Small companies didnt dare to hire me , and big ones , considering my fathers connections , didnt even spare me a glance .
How ridiculous .
My father let my stepmother mess with me , then forced me to come back home and work for his company .
After my sixth failure , I finally realized I was truly a stray with no home .
I once thought there was someone out there who , like me , had no place to call home .
But when he left , I realized it was just me who had been abandoned all along .