EMILY
It was the question that had long echoed in my mind, but never answered. It had always nagged and pained me, and now it was time to get the long desired and long-awaited answer.
Until now, I had so many questions that I wanted an answer to, and now it has all faded from my memory. In my mind, everything was blank except for one question that echoed.
It was the first time I sat at the table with my father and I could have been like a robot asking incessantly, but I wasn’t. It shocked me to see the man I had suffered so much for. The one I missed more than anything. I might have given years of my life if he had taken part in even one of my activities. But life was harder and tougher than I wanted it to be. In fact, my life today was just as hard.
“What do you want to know?” he asked, waking me from the painful reverie I was in.
“Why did you leave me? Why didn’t you look me up for once?”
“Emily, you think I didn’t want to spend time with you? I always suffered because I couldn’t wa
