Soleil
I was expecting him to lash out once he came running outside and found Evita helping me pack the suitcases in my brand-new G Wagon. She was only helping me because she thought I was moving out but that’s beyond the point. My point is that I was expecting him to be okay with me leaving for most of the day. Even though I didn’t specifically tell him that.
What was definitely unexpected was that hug and my reaction to it. When he asked if I wasn’t forgetting something, I didn’t think he was serious. He hasn’t pulled that card since I was eighteen, I guess he never needed to since it had become a custom of ours. Before two years ago, I never left or entered the house without hugging him or kissing him on the cheek.
I was reluctant to pick up this custom again, especially not in fro
