Chapter 14

Danny
I just couldn't believe my dad would leave us. It's enough that my mom had to go. After we did our "fun thing" we talked a lot, shared some laughs and memories. All except Sun. What's up with that girl? I should beat her up just to teach who is the boss here. Today is the day we let go of one another. I don't care, if my dad thinks he can win us back, then he is so out of his mind. What kind of government is this anyway?
"Okay kids, we have to go," my dad said. I could see that he was sad but trying to act okay on the outside so we wouldn't be sad. I don't know about them but this ain't fooling me.
"Dad," I pleaded, "Can we please ditch that and run away somewhere far, where that no one could........?"
"No, this government is powerful and I bet has the money to track us down," said dad interrupting me. I could see that he was mad, because dad never interrupted anyone otherwise. We started walking to the place dad was going to take us to. On the way, Star tugged my shirt. I turned to her.
"Danny," she whispered.
"Yeah," I replied.
"I don't wanna go." she said.
"I can't do anything about it," I said. Her eyes were about to fill with tears.
"Don't cry Star," I said trying to calm her down.
"I can't help it," she said.
"We're here," dad announced. I was a bit relieved because everyone was looking at us. I mean seven poor kids walking with their father. We went inside and a woman greeted us.
"Hello, you must be Solar Galaxy. Right on time," she said quickly. She led us to where we should sit. A man called me.
"Daniel Galaxy," he read from his clipboard. I stood up and went towards him without looking back. I went inside. I sat down.
"Hello, Daniel," he said.
"Hello. You can call me Danny," I said.
"I'll just call you Daniel. Now Daniel has your dad told you about what you would be doing?" he asked refusing my offer.
"Kind of, but he said you would explain everything here,"
"Okay, so you and your family are living in unacceptable conditions.....,"
"What do mean "unacceptable"?"
"I mean that you are not living in sanitary conditions. Now don't cut me off Daniel,............." he started explaining everything. I was getting really bored.
"And, I will let you choose the family you want to be in," he said finally. "Choose the family you want to be in"? I wouldn't want to be in other family, but at least I got the choice.
"Show me them," I said. He started showing me a lot of families that would want me. Me, not anyone else. I felt wanted. The choice was hard, I mean leaving my family to go to another.
"No," I finally said.
"No, what?" he asked.
"I wont choose anyone, I already have a family. I don't care what you could do to me with money. I want my real family and my decision is final!" I said. I could see he wasn't pleased.
"Daniel Galaxy, stop this foolishness right now! If you were smart you would realize that if you go to another family, you could get great education and a job. When you get real money you could buy a house and stay with your stupid-o-loved family," he said. I raised my hand and slapped him across his face. How dare he say my family is stupid?
"Security!" he exclaimed. I knew I was in trouble. My dad came barging in with a bunch of other big dudes.
"Danny, what happened?" he asked. I kept silent.
"He slapped me in the face, that's what happened!" that guy shouted while rubbing his cheek.
"Daniel!" my dad yelled. Okay, I know this wasn't the best time to laugh, but that guy was hilarious, you should give me credit for not laughing.
"Well, he said something that made me do it," I said, trying to show he was also guilty.
"Daniel, come with me we need to talk," said dad. Uh-oh. We walked out as Sam went in.
"Dad stop calling me 'Daniel', call me Danny," I said. He knew how much I hated that name.
"Stop trying to change the subject. Why did you slap him?" my dad asked furious. I knew this wasn't a time to joke.
"He-he-he.........," I couldn't complete my sentence.
"He what?" my dad asked even more angry,
"He called my family stupid," I finally said.
"That's it?" my dad asked expecting for more.
"Yes," I said with confidence. He shook his head. He took a deep breath.
"You can't just slap people, so what if they called us stupid? We aren't even smart," he said.
"You aren't smart by letting this get away," I said.
"Really? That's what you think? Well think again, these people are here to help us not tell us things like that," he said. I thought this all got to his head. He was acting like this was actually a positive thing. I need to save him. I need to save my dad.


Is Danny right? Has Solar lost his mind? Or is Solar fooling Danny? Hmm,.........