Chapter 72. His Mom

I feel like a real piece of garbage today.

I always found it hard to end relationships. I didn’t feel very emotionally close to Zeus, but that didn’t seem to matter. I was a sensitive, emotional person, and the way I felt about being lied to and used wasn’t going away.

The only, and I mean only, good thing about this week was that Thanksgiving break was coming up. This weekend was a holiday, so there was no school for four days. I could also go live with my parents at home.

Mom felt bad about how I felt on Saturday. She felt so bad that she sent me and my friends home with the rest of the enchiladas. They were good comfort food, and they were all I could eat yesterday before I had to drag myself to work.

I only work three days this week, which was the other thing. It was so exciting, and it meant that chlorine wouldn’t get in my hair or on my clothes. I always thought I smelled like it.

Today, Monday, I only had one class in the afternoon. It was a pret