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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.

  • wasn’t what I wanted. It wasn’t my

  • my daughter. How could I ever bear

  • my reasons.”

  • that our past was a tangled mess of

  • 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,

  • to college soon too. How are we going

  • raised her to adulthood.

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  • it’s either her or me in this family!”

  • ran out, sitting on the street alone for the rest of the afternoon. That entire summer, I lived in a constant state of anxiety, waiting

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

  • me. No matter how much it hurt,

  • mouth, but I interrupted, “I don’t resent

  • not a

  • reached for my phone and transferred 300,000 yuan to him. Over the years, he’d sent money into my account from time to time, and I had saved it all, planning to

  • right.

  • the money you gave me. The rest… let

  • coldly, “Please, don’t come

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  • burdens that had weighed heavily on

  • once bought my mother the bird–of–paradise flowers. The owner recognized me, but the shop was almost empty. She was loading the last of the flowerpots

  • “Where are you moving

  • “We’re closing down! I want to try

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