 At this point, I knew I wasn't a badass. I went back to Vancouver wanting freedom. I thought my father was going to be the person who helped me get that freedom. No. I came out with this determination like, I'm going to have my life. I'm not going to have my father's life. I don't want his life. I don't want his problems. I don't want to be him. I want to be a writer. I want to have my life. And Denis made good on his word. Within a few months, he had moved out and went back to high school.