Project Pallid
“May 10th: Day 9 Catee and I pedaled home in complete silence from their place in Damariscotta, with neither of us having anything insightful to add to the horrifying truths we’d learned at the encampment. We’d each processed what we’d seen and heard. We’d formulated our own conclusions by connecting the dots of what we’d long-seen coming. And for once, neither of us had any new revelations to offer the other.
We didn’t need to when the reality of it all stared us so flagrantly in the face.
An...d as we stopped to rest in the semi-darkness of intermittent streetlights, I asked a question that rang more appropriate for me than I ever imagined it would: “What would you do if your dad were dead?”
It wasn’t intended to be a threat, but it could’ve easily come across as one. I asked it more out of concern for what would come of her if she were ever left orphaned. With her mom gone, what if this wasn’t the figurative departure of her dad, too? What would she do if they were both entirely gone from her life?MoreLess
We didn’t need to when the reality of it all stared us so flagrantly in the face.
An...d as we stopped to rest in the semi-darkness of intermittent streetlights, I asked a question that rang more appropriate for me than I ever imagined it would: “What would you do if your dad were dead?”
It wasn’t intended to be a threat, but it could’ve easily come across as one. I asked it more out of concern for what would come of her if she were ever left orphaned. With her mom gone, what if this wasn’t the figurative departure of her dad, too? What would she do if they were both entirely gone from her life?MoreLess
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