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My parents got divorced. One day I was in the kitchen and my dad had just dropped me off and left. My mom just got back from jogging and she came in and smiled at me. Then she had the weirdest expression I had ever seen on her face or anybody's face. She also sounded odd and unlike herself. She said "Your dad is perfectly okay but his car caught fire." He really loved that car.
My mom was a good person but my dad was a real asshole in any number of way. For example - she always had to tediously ask him to pay child support on time. Right then she didn't want to seem like she was enjoying the situation. She tried as hard as she could she couldn't manage it. Her facial muscles were at war with one another and her vocal cords weren't quite cooperating.
I wanted to go see. He had just driven just a very short way so it took us only about a minute or two to walk there. She made me stand on the other side of the street as we watched it burn. And, man, did it burn.