Daddy Said He Didn’t Know I Was Allergic to Cherries

"Daddy brought me to Aunt Jenny’s party.As I was eating a piece of cake, I tasted a cherry between the layers and hurriedly spat it out. Once, I broke out in rashes after eating a cherry and nearly died, so I was deeply traumatized by that flavor even as a young child.However, Aunt Jenny looked heartbroken. “I hid a cherry in the cake as a little surprise, just like it’s good luck to get a bay leaf in a pie. How could you be so rude, Kenny?”Daddy did not even let me explain. He chased me out in the yard and made me stand there as punishment.Mommy said it had been more than a hundred degrees out lately, so she told me to stay home and not go out to play.Now I knew just how hot 104 degrees could be!My body was all itchy, too. I was finding it hard to breathe.I wanted to ask Daddy to forgive me, but he refused to open the door no matter how hard I knocked.He glanced at me coldly through the floor-to-ceiling window. He was not going to let me back in."