Chapter one
Jasmine
"Are you serious right now?" I asked my dad as I watched him from across the room sitting on the couch reading a newspaper, like he hadn't just said the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard.
"I don't remember making a joke." My dad replied dryly, not looking up from the newspaper.
"Jasmine, we've talked about it before; why are you acting like you're just hearing it for the first time?" My mom added from the kitchen, where she went to get the plates for us to eat.
I looked down at my hands, my mind wandering, thinking of a way to get myself out of the situation.
"Please, Dad. Can I not go? How do you expect me to go to school in a place where I hardly know anyone? I've spent most of my life here, so let me just continue." I resorted to pleading.
I knew my dad,
