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“I’m glad you got a second chance to learn that you aren’t untouchable, Dad. That you have to take care of yourself, because I need you.” My voice cracked.
He squeezed my hand. “There are different types of happiness for each of us. I found mine. Your mother found hers. The question is, have you found yours?”
“I’m getting there. I’m glad to be out of a loveless marriage, and I’m going to find my new normal when I get back to New York. I know I’m damn good at my job, and I’m really proud of that.”
“I’m proud of you. You have nothing left to prove. All I want for you now is to be happy.”
“I’m working on it,” I said as I moved to my feet and wrapped my arms around his neck.
“What in the world is going on? Who died?” My mother’s voice startled me, and I turned around to see her standing in the dining room in a lavender skirt and suit jacket, looking at us like we were doing something completely inappropriate by hugging.
My father barked out a laugh. “We’re having a heart-to-heart. Didn’t your alien leaders teach you that that’s what humans do?”
“Are you drunk?” she asked, but her lips turned up the slightest bit in the corners. Was this their idea of flirty banter?
“Had I known you were coming home early, I might have had a cocktail.” He smirked.
“I thought you weren’t due back for a few days?” I asked as I took my seat again.
“Well, I heard your divorce was final, and I had to make sure you were keeping it together. I didn’t need you to distract your father from his treatment with all your drama.” She waved her hand around, and I saw it there in her eyes.
She was here because she wanted to make sure that I was okay.
That we were all okay.
And for the first time in my life, I saw my mother through a new lens.
And she wasn’t the devil from this view.
She was just an imperfect human, like the rest of us.
twenty
Cage
Brinkley
Does anyone want a fun fact?
Georgia
Ooohhh, I love fun facts.
Finn
I feel like there is always a life lesson in your fun facts.
Hugh
Let’s hear it.
I’ll pass.
Brinkley
Of course, you will. Mom and I took Gracie to try on her flower girl dress for the wedding yesterday.
Fun fact. You picked her up from my house, so I’m more than aware.
