Back in Black
Nobody needed to broadcast what was happening in her house when she arrived home, either. The second Jodi opened the door her mother’s voice met her ears.
“No David, I will not calm down. I’m going home. I’ve booked my ticket and I’m leaving. I hate this place. It’s cold, unwelcoming and now it’s unsafe! I can’t believe you brought us here.”
Jodi tried easing the front door shut without making a noise. If she could manage that, tiptoe down the hall and close the door on to her room, she could avoid this whole scene.
For the first time ever, her father actually bellowed back. “Well, forgive me Marilyn, for wanting you both with me. You belong with me now and I will not be letting you leave when you only just got here.”
“Let me? LET ME?” Jodi recognised that tone and almos
