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  • As I walked out of the cemetery, I saw someone I hadn’t expected–my dad. Jackson must have gone

  • to see him, which is how he found out about my mom’s camera. He must have also known that I was

  • back.

  • With a somewhat tentative tone, he asked, “Have you eaten?”

  • I didn’t respond immediately and asked, “What do you want from me?”

  • He hesitated for a moment before speaking, “Could you come home for a while?”

  • I couldn’t hold back a sarcastic laugh. “You’ve always told me to stay away. I’ve followed your

  • wishes, so why now, all of a sudden, do you want me to return?”

  • His voice trembled as he said, “… Your sister is ill. She has cancer.”

  • I froze for a moment, taken aback.

  • “I’ve tried everything… we’ve sold everything we can. You’re her sister. Could you help her?”

  • His face was full of sorrow and regret.

  • what I wanted. It wasn’t my choice to push you away…”

  • with pain. “You’re my daughter. How could I

  • my reasons.”

  • at him quietly, knowing that our past was a tangled mess of misunderstandings. “I

  • day I received my college acceptance letter, I’d been so happy, eager to tell him that I was going to follow in my mother’s footsteps and become a doctor. I rushed home, hoping to share the good news, but when I overheard him arguing with my aunt in the kitchen, I heard words that cut

  • going to college soon too. How are

  • to adulthood.

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  • her or

  • of the afternoon. That entire

  • report to college, I thought I had everything figured out. It felt like a

  • want our home to fall apart again, so you sacrificed me. No matter how much it hurt, you still sent me away,” I said

  • but I interrupted, “I don’t resent you. I understand.”

  • not a terrible father, but you’re also not

  • account from

  • right.

  • me. The rest… let it be my way of repaying

  • coldly, “Please, don’t come looking for me again.‘

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  • of lightness wash over me. All the burdens that had weighed heavily on my heart seemed to lift and disappear,

  • found myself at the flower shop where Joseph had once bought my mother the bird–of–paradise flowers. The owner recognized

  • you

  • smiled, “We’re closing down! I want to

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