Tag: father
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Finger Taps
I watched as he tapped his fingers and wondered what my punishment might be. I knew in the real world my transgressions weren’t too serious, but in the eyes of my father, they were enormous. All I had wanted was one night out with my friends and here I was, sitting in the back of…
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The Ranch
I watched as he pointed toward home and desperately hoped he would come back and get me. That he wasn’t angry enough to leave me out here. After all, it hadn’t entirely been my fault. Sam promised me he had known the way. Promised he could get us home before anyone noticed we were gone. But now…
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Drunk
“Let me tell you about the first time I ever got drunk,” I heard my father start into his oft-told story and could imagine exactly what he was doing at this very moment. I knew he was picking up his wine glass in his left hand as he leaned back into his favorite chair. Which…