Collier Landry Boyle

And as she's, you know, handing everything over, I look at her hand and I notice a ring on it. My mother was very into jewelry and handbags and clothing and all these things. So I was always a kid who paid attention to like watches, jewelry, all that stuff. So I see this ring and it's unmistakable because it is identical to a ring that my father had given my mother that was a diamond slide ring.

And as she's, you know, handing everything over, I look at her hand and I notice a ring on it. My mother was very into jewelry and handbags and clothing and all these things. So I was always a kid who paid attention to like watches, jewelry, all that stuff. So I see this ring and it's unmistakable because it is identical to a ring that my father had given my mother that was a diamond slide ring.

And it had this like shaft and the diamond slid back and forth in the shaft of the ring. And I looked at it on her finger and I looked up at her and I said, oh, I like your ring. My mommy has a ring just like that. I had never seen that ring before other than on my mother's hand. And then she looked at my father and kind of giggled.

And it had this like shaft and the diamond slid back and forth in the shaft of the ring. And I looked at it on her finger and I looked up at her and I said, oh, I like your ring. My mommy has a ring just like that. I had never seen that ring before other than on my mother's hand. And then she looked at my father and kind of giggled.

And I take the batteries and I'm all excited because I'm playing with the radio control car in the parking lot. And I look up and I see my father making out with Sherry. I mean, I, I just, I'm standing there in the parking lot, just kind of looking at them like, what is, I'm just trying to go back to like play with the car. And I just keep looking like, what is happening here?

And I take the batteries and I'm all excited because I'm playing with the radio control car in the parking lot. And I look up and I see my father making out with Sherry. I mean, I, I just, I'm standing there in the parking lot, just kind of looking at them like, what is, I'm just trying to go back to like play with the car. And I just keep looking like, what is happening here?

So my father says, we have to go. I get in the front seat and my father gets in the car and my father says to me, I need you to do daddy a favor. I need you to tell mommy that I gave you the radio control cars as a gift for getting good grades this year in school. That's the first time that I can remember my father asking me to lie to my mother. So we go home and I tell my mother the lie inside.

So my father says, we have to go. I get in the front seat and my father gets in the car and my father says to me, I need you to do daddy a favor. I need you to tell mommy that I gave you the radio control cars as a gift for getting good grades this year in school. That's the first time that I can remember my father asking me to lie to my mother. So we go home and I tell my mother the lie inside.

I'm just sick to my stomach and I'm just torn up inside. My stomach is in knots. And then the next morning I wake up. My mom says, why don't you go play with your radio control car? take the radio control car out in the driveway and I'm playing with it. And I'm so, because all it is just playing back in my head over and over and over again. The ring, the kiss, the party, like all these pieces.

I'm just sick to my stomach and I'm just torn up inside. My stomach is in knots. And then the next morning I wake up. My mom says, why don't you go play with your radio control car? take the radio control car out in the driveway and I'm playing with it. And I'm so, because all it is just playing back in my head over and over and over again. The ring, the kiss, the party, like all these pieces.

And I go in and my mother's on the porch and I started telling her about everything. I feel so embarrassed. I'm feeling all of this like wave of emotions. She thanked me for telling her the truth. And I remember she very calmly got up and she asked me to go outside and she went into the kitchen to use the telephone and... I heard lots of words and lots of screaming on the telephone.

And I go in and my mother's on the porch and I started telling her about everything. I feel so embarrassed. I'm feeling all of this like wave of emotions. She thanked me for telling her the truth. And I remember she very calmly got up and she asked me to go outside and she went into the kitchen to use the telephone and... I heard lots of words and lots of screaming on the telephone.

And all I could think about was my sort of childhood facade or family life as I knew it was over.

And all I could think about was my sort of childhood facade or family life as I knew it was over.

So every time I'm telling Dave about any of this stuff, it's almost kind of hard to get a read on Dave because he's just very like, hmm. He would go, hmm. So every time he would go, hmm, I knew that he was thinking like, oh, that's weird. That was his way of reacting. He never let on that like that was a clue or anything like that, but he did because it was like, huh, hmm. That's worth noting.

So every time I'm telling Dave about any of this stuff, it's almost kind of hard to get a read on Dave because he's just very like, hmm. He would go, hmm. So every time he would go, hmm, I knew that he was thinking like, oh, that's weird. That was his way of reacting. He never let on that like that was a clue or anything like that, but he did because it was like, huh, hmm. That's worth noting.

That night, Sherry drops in with a pork roast and sauerkraut because New Year's. And she just comes in and starts like playing house. Like, oh, I made you guys dinner and this and that. And I'm like, this is awful. Thinking to myself, because she's a terrible cook. And my father's like, oh, this is so good. And he's eating and he's telling her how great the food is. And they're just talking.

That night, Sherry drops in with a pork roast and sauerkraut because New Year's. And she just comes in and starts like playing house. Like, oh, I made you guys dinner and this and that. And I'm like, this is awful. Thinking to myself, because she's a terrible cook. And my father's like, oh, this is so good. And he's eating and he's telling her how great the food is. And they're just talking.

And I get up and I leave the table at some point because I just didn't want to be there.

And I get up and I leave the table at some point because I just didn't want to be there.