“I’m not going to negotiate about this, dad. Not when this is the only way to stop her,” I tell him once I pull myself together. I see Bubba’s starting to shift inside my bag, so I put it down and put her on a leash before letting her jump out. I watch as she stretches her paws, while I wait for my father’s response. “Suit yourself,” he then says. I’m about to give him a piece of my mind, when I suddenly hear a beep on the other side. Did he just … I can’t believe he hung up on me! I shove the phone back into my pocket, again, then march off like a fury. I have no idea where I’m going, now that I got thrown out, but I guess I’ll just finish my homework in my room. With my minifridge wide open. But before I even get to the dorms, my phone starts ringing again. Now what? This time, I don’