My Daughter ‘Went to School’ Every Morning – Then Her Teacher Called and Said that She’d Been Skipping for a Whole Week, So I Followed Her the Next Morning

didn’t—”

I held up my hand sharply. “Emily first. Why are you helping her skip school? You’re her father, Mark, you should know better.”

Emily leaned forward. “I asked him to, Mom. It wasn’t his idea.”

“But he still agreed. What exactly is going on here?”

Mark raised his hands gently. “She asked me to pick her up because she didn’t want to go—”

“That’s not how life works, Mark! You don’t just opt out of ninth grade because you don’t feel like it.”

“It’s not like that.”

Emily’s jaw tightened. “You don’t get it. I knew you wouldn’t.”

“Then make me get it, Emily. Talk to me.”

Mark glanced at her. “You said we were going to be honest, Emmy. She’s your mom. She deserves to know.”

Emily dropped her head.