GregKoren
Chapter five: Death Sentence
Turned out my parents not only knew I missed my curfew, they knew by how much.
At midnight, they tried to look up my girlfriend’s parents’ phone number in the phone book, but they couldn’t remember her last name. They didn’t think to call me because this was 1981. The first portable phone was still two years away from being a reality.
At four o’clock they got into Mom’s car and started driving around town, looking for me. When they didn’t find me, they came home, discovered Dad’s car in the garage, the engine still ticking, and decided to blindside me.
Once the shock of seeing my parents on the front stoop had worn off, they grounded me for two weeks. No friends (girl or otherwise), no telephone, no television. It was a death sentence.
To be continued...
Chapter five: Death Sentence
Turned out my parents not only knew I missed my curfew, they knew by how much.
At midnight, they tried to look up my girlfriend’s parents’ phone number in the phone book, but they couldn’t remember her last name. They didn’t think to call me because this was 1981. The first portable phone was still two years away from being a reality.
At four o’clock they got into Mom’s car and started driving around town, looking for me. When they didn’t find me, they came home, discovered Dad’s car in the garage, the engine still ticking, and decided to blindside me.
Once the shock of seeing my parents on the front stoop had worn off, they grounded me for two weeks. No friends (girl or otherwise), no telephone, no television. It was a death sentence.
To be continued...