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It was a green, chunky soap bar that smelled a bit weird, but Dad had asked me to use it, assuring it would help get rid of the unpleasant body odor.<\/p>\n
His words made me feel so self-conscious that I had even stopped hanging out with my boyfriend, Henry.<\/p>\n
I often found myself smelling my skin, clothes, hair, and even my breath, just to check what made my father feel so uncomfortable around me.<\/p>\n
I followed his advice and used that soap whenever I took a shower. Or, if I may put it correctly, I took five showers a day just to use that soap and get rid of the smell that had apparently been haunting my father.<\/p>\n
I scrubbed my skin so hard that I stripped it of the moisture it needed. My skin had begun to look dry, scaly, and so rough.<\/p>\n
Even then, my father said I still smelled like rotten onions.\u201dDid you use that soap, Amy? I don\u2019t think you did,\u201d he\u2019d say. \u201cYou smell so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
What shocked me even more was that my mother didn\u2019t say a word when Dad humiliated me like that every day.<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t say anything in my defense or stop me from being so hard on myself.Mom and I had always been close.<\/p>\n
She was the only person I shared everything with since I was a kid. I\u2019d always tell her about my latest crush, my new boyfriend, and even the new slang I\u2019d learned at school.<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t believe it when she stood silently, avoiding my gaze, while Dad kept grilling me.<\/p>\n
I won\u2019t ever forgive Mom for not being there for me when I needed her the most.<\/p>\n
I kept showering with the soap, and my clothes always clung to me because they were damp from the frequent showers.<\/p>\n
Besides, I began avoiding my father. I\u2019d always scurry up to my room and lock the door whenever he returned home from work.<\/p>\n