Dear Diary

Dear Diary,

My mom is known for a lot of things but she was never known for keeping a guy man. From a young age I could remember, Frank, Tim, Paul, Larry and the list just goes on. Somehow this new guy wants to stay, he wants to be stepdad. He cooks dinner, cleans the house like who this guy really thinks he is. My mom claims that he does real estate but I am not too sure I could never go off of what my mom says. So I will be investigating Steve some more.

Dear Diary,

It has been two months and Steve is still here but I am starting to notice something everyday around noon. I wonder where he goes, is there another woman? I won’t be surprised if he looks like a cheater. Is there another child? Couldn’t be he doesn’t look dad material. I guess I will have to follow him tomorrow and see where we end up. Stay tuned.

Dear Diary,

Today is the day that I will find Mr. Perfect in action. I am sure I will find another woman because why would he be leaving everyday at 12 and more importantly do my mother know. I bet she does not. Throughout today I will be updating my moves just in case I get caught and they send me away the evidence will be all here. So I am slowly following Steve and so far he has stopped at a bank, a grocery store, chinese restaurant, and some other few stores but he does not buy anything. I just see him coming back out each time after 5 minutes. On this last stop he is taking longer; it has been over 30 minutes. This place looks all raggedy like if no one should be going in here. He is finally coming out and he is arguing with a sketchy guy who seems to hand him something. I wonder what he handed him? Why is Steve so happy now? It looks like we are back on our way home. So it was not another woman but it is definitely something sketchy about Steve and I will be getting to the bottom of this. As soon as Steve walked through the door I will be questioning him. He finally came in and I asked him where he and he had the nerve to tell me visiting his grandma umm try again Steve I already know you a sketch ball doing sketchy stuff so where were you really and he was like little girl you better go play with someone else. Alright so questioning Steve did not work out a new plan. Tonight when everyone's sleeping I am going to find my answers and find what that man gave him.

Dear Diary,

You would not believe what I have discovered is worse than I thought. It turns out that Steve does not work for real estate more like a real snake. Steve found dirt on all the places near by and is forcing them to pay him each month. He found out that the grocery store has fake meat, the chinese restaurant owner is cheating on his wife and the list goes on. That thing that the man handed Steve was a little black book that explains how to clean your money and not be detected by the IRS. So not only is Steve stealing from these people he is fooling the government. Well I see why he told my mother he does real estate. The black book also talks about money stashed away at a safe house. Maybe if I can get it I can take it and start my life off. I am officially 15 and my mother doesn't really care if I am here or not. So tomorrow I am going to find the cash and run away.

Dear Diary,

Today is the day. It may be the day I die but it is the day. If I die, Diary tells my mother I love her and that she needs a new man cause this one is going to jail. Alright here I go. The Little black book says that I should enter this abandoned building and the money should be stashed away in one of the pipes. I wonder how much money it is? Well I better get started cause there are over 30 pipes here. I am finally on pipe 10 but this pipe seems to be stuck. I wonder if it is rusting. I might need a tetanus shot after this. OMG Diary I think I may be rich. I found over $10,000 actually it is $20,000. This is enough for me to start a new life. I can even put $10,000 away for college. I just can’t believe it that with this money I will never be hungry. I can buy some food, some new clothes, and travel to North Carolina and live with my grandparents.

Dear Diary,

I am finally in North Carolina. My mother is aware I am here and will visit me sometime next year. My nana is so sweet she brought me new clothes and stocked up the fridge. My pop pop picked some fresh veggies from the garden to celebrate my arrival. I told my grandparents everything and they took me to the bank to open a savings account. They told me they want me to save it for college. Never did I think I would be saying I am going to college. Well Diary for these past few years you have been my friend and family but now I have a real family and will not be needing you anymore. Thank you for being good to me.

Your Friend,

Marissa