My Dad Left Hawaii at 20 and Never Went Back – Then an Unexpected Package from His Past Made My Mother Go Pale
She was quiet.
“He thought he’d waited too long.”
“Too long for what?”
“To show his face.”
I frowned.
“They were his family.”
“He thought he’d waited too long.”
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“He didn’t use that word easily.” Mom picked at the corner of a condolence card. “The longer he stayed away, the more embarrassed he became about staying away.”
It sounded ridiculous.
It also sounded exactly like Dad.
“He didn’t use that word easily.”
“Where do you fit into this?”
Mom looked at me.
“What?”
“The whole story. Dad told me I’d understand you if I knew it.”
She pushed her chair back.
“Where do you fit into this?”
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“When we were first married, he compared everything to Hawaii.”
“Everything?”
“Rain. Fish. Coffee. Sunsets.”
Despite myself, I smiled.
“That sounds like Dad.”
“It was exhausting.”
The smile disappeared.
“It was exhausting.”
Mom stared at her hands.
“I thought every time he called Hawaii home, he was telling me this wasn’t.”
