The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

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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.

  • me, but it wasn’t what I wanted. It wasn’t my choice to push you

  • were filled with pain. “You’re my daughter. How could I ever bear to send

  • my reasons.”

  • that our past was a tangled mess of misunderstandings.

  • the 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

  • to college soon too.

  • to adulthood.

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  • either her or me in this

  • 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 for an

  • when the time came for me to report to college, I thought I had everything figured out. It

  • fall apart again, so you sacrificed me. No matter how much it

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

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

  • into my account from time to time, and I had saved

  • right.

  • rest… let it be my way of repaying your

  • “Please, don’t come looking for me

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  • All the burdens that had weighed heavily on my heart seemed to lift and disappear, one

  • found myself at the flower shop where Joseph had 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

  • you moving

  • “We’re closing down! I

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