My Father Skipped My Graduation to Take His Stepson to the Zoo – I Taught Him a Good Lesson
My Father Skipped My Graduation to Take His Stepson to the Zoo – I Taught Him a Good Lesson When Michael’s father misses his graduation to take his stepson, Tommy, to the zoo, Michael wants to teach him a lesson. After years of being sidelined, Michael finally retaliates. He plans a graduation dinner with the intention to expose his father, but then, things take a turn… As I watched my classmates hug their families on graduation day, the absence of my father, Henry, cast a long shadow on what should have been one of the happiest days of my life. Ever since my parents’ divorce when I was ten, Dad had built a new life with Sandra and her young son, Tommy. It was good—I wanted my father to be happy. He deserved it. Because as much as he and Mom tried, they just weren’t compatible anymore. I needed them to be apart so that they could co-exist for me. But then, when Dad and Sandra got together, he entered a new chapter—one that seemed to include everyone but me. Initially, things weren’t so