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.

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

  • “You’re my daughter. How could I ever bear to send you away? I had

  • my reasons.”

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

  • 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

  • going to college soon too.

  • to adulthood. Isn’t

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  • her or me

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

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

  • No matter how much it hurt, you still sent me away,” I

  • his mouth, but I interrupted, “I don’t resent you.

  • and added, “But as a daughter, you’re not a terrible father,

  • my account from time to time, and I had saved it all, planning to repay him

  • right.

  • rest… let it be my way of repaying

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

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  • 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

  • you

  • smiled, “We’re closing down! I

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