Chasing the Skip
“Days since Mom left: 30.
Distance from Salt Lake City, Utah: 543.16 miles.
4 The first place Dad was going to look for Ian Burnham was his house in Aurora.
“Does Ian live with his parents?” I asked as we drove out, leaving the trailer behind. The morning sun shone off the road, and I blocked the glare with the newspaper Dad had bought me that morning in the trailer-park office. The thing was so big, I had to block the whole window with it if I wanted to read a story at the bottom of the page.
B...ut I had my own story brewing, and I wanted information.
“His aunt has custody,” Dad said, “so he was living with her when he got arrested.”
“Are his parents dead?”
“His mom’s in rehab.”
“Like, for alcohol?”
“Like, for drugs.”
“So why doesn’t he live with his dad, then?”
“The dad’s in jail for domestic abuse.”
Jeez. That meant Ian had it even worse than me, which at the moment was saying something. “His dad hit his mom?”
“Not that I know of,” Dad said.MoreLess
Distance from Salt Lake City, Utah: 543.16 miles.
4 The first place Dad was going to look for Ian Burnham was his house in Aurora.
“Does Ian live with his parents?” I asked as we drove out, leaving the trailer behind. The morning sun shone off the road, and I blocked the glare with the newspaper Dad had bought me that morning in the trailer-park office. The thing was so big, I had to block the whole window with it if I wanted to read a story at the bottom of the page.
B...ut I had my own story brewing, and I wanted information.
“His aunt has custody,” Dad said, “so he was living with her when he got arrested.”
“Are his parents dead?”
“His mom’s in rehab.”
“Like, for alcohol?”
“Like, for drugs.”
“So why doesn’t he live with his dad, then?”
“The dad’s in jail for domestic abuse.”
Jeez. That meant Ian had it even worse than me, which at the moment was saying something. “His dad hit his mom?”
“Not that I know of,” Dad said.MoreLess
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