In the bright and early morning we got up and started getting ready for the journey, I wasn't looking forward to it but at this point I had no choice,my friends came to see me for the last time and that was one of the hardest goodbyes. As the car drove off I watched them slowly getting further away until their image started becoming blur then disappeared, the neighborhood, everything around was moving backwards then slowly disappeared.
We drove about half an hour and not a single word came out of my mouth, I was having an emotional breakdown after everything that had happened, all this was too much to handle and I didn't know how to cope with it anymore.

"would you like some water?" mom said as she handed me a bottle.

I didn't respond and just kept looking at the window,I felt bad for my behavior and this is the time that we should be closer than ever but instead I'm been a rascal,
She put her hand on my thigh, exhaled slowly then pulled over on the side of the road.
For a moment she kept quiet and stared at the long road ahead that showed no end in sight, I looked at her then turned to look at what she was looking at and saw nothing but an empty road, I was sort of confused cause I couldn't figure out what exactly she was looking at and because of my emotional state at that time I couldn't speak to her.
She sighed then said,

"you see that?"

I kept quiet for some seconds then finally decided to respond.

"I don't see anything but an empty  road with trees and mountains on the side"

"exactly, can you see the end of the road?"

At this point I was starting to get frustrated with all the mysterious questions, I frowned then responded.

"umm no" (scoffs)

"me neither" she replied then continued.

"I don't know where we're going, right now it's just you and me"

(is she speaking in parables or what?) I thought to myself.

"see the trees and mountains on the side road, those are the challenges we might face along the way, right now we can't see the end of the road but if we keep moving forward we'll see it, we'll get there but I can't do this alone unless it's with you. Trust me I'm doing everything I can to make you happy and even though everything is blurry right now I promise you that I will do everything in my power to make sure that you are okay. "


Hearing mom say those words took me back to the time she visited Nana and I and she would talk to me about life lessons and even though they bore me sometimes I must admit they helped me in so many ways. Upon remembering that I got back to my old self and realized that we had to stick together no matter what.


"I'm sorry mom, I'm just so overwhelmed by everything that's happened, it's not going to be easy but  I'm with you no matter what"

I then put my hand on hers and glared at each other for a split seconds then drove off. It felt good to make peace with her and even though I didn't know where I was going I just had to trust her.

"so who's car is this?" I said as I rested my elbow on the rolled down window.


"Mrs Parker, she lent it to me after knowing what happened,
She's an amazing woman I'm sure you'll love her."

Despite her words I didn't feel at ease, the whole thought of living with another family made me uncomfortable even though I grew up in a crowded area. Living with the park family is totally different for starter they're my mom's employers and they not our kind.
I've had a couple of white friends and I find them to be amazing but I've never lived with them before so it was a whole different experience for me having to live with the park family for who  knows how long.

"so is she married or....."

"oh yes," mom quickly responded.
"her husband is so lovely as well if anything they're the best employers I've ever known, they treat everybody like family and I'm sure they'll treat you like one too I'm just not sure about one person"

The minute she said that the tone in her voice changed and that made me curious and a bit shaky, my feet were resting on the car seat and my elbow still resting on the rolled down window.

"wh-who is it?"I quickly asked her.

" Chad, he can be discourteous and a rascal sometimes but when you get to know him he's a chubby teddy bear with a big heart "

Discourteous and a rascal? He doesn't scare me, I've run in to a dozens of complicated people in my life and this so called Chad Parker is just a drop of water compared to the rains and storms I've had with certain people.
After driving for hours we finally reached Houston, the places were beautiful but it's not something new to me, we then drove for another hour and got to the outskirts of town, beautiful mansions started appearing and my  jaw just dropped upon seeing that.

"do celebrities live here?"

Mom laughed as she made a right turn.

"not really but big people  do, this is were most rich people live. It's a quiet place, far from the city and that's what they love."

I've never seen houses this big and lavishing unless on TV, they looked so beautiful, something I could only dream of having. I knew we had finally arrived at the park family upon seeing the beautiful, well decorated driveway at that point I knew my life was going to change and I had to adapt to the new environment and lifestyle , the gate was at a distance but there were a couple of servants on the sidewalk who welcomed us  then carried on with their work and I was so eager to see the house and especially the so called Chad Park.