This New Year's Eve Is My Last With You

Summary

Just because I talk to a male classmate a few times, my parents decide I'm dating too young and send me to a correctional boot camp for winter break.

I spend 14 days there. They don't come to pick me up until New Year's Eve.

Dad reaches for my backpack, but I panic and instinctively drop to my knees.

I blurt, "Dad, I'm sorry. I'll carry my own things. I won't let a member of the opposite sex touch me!"

Dad looks displeased. "I told you to be wary of men outside, not to be wary of your own father."

I keep my head lowered and say nothing.