Sayonara (2015)
“When I entered the barracks, my father and General Webster were waiting. My father looked down the street at Hana-ogi walking bravely back to the dormitory and said, “Pretty girl. Almost pretty enough to justify an officer’s breaking his word.”
General Webster started to bluster but Father cut him short. He took us into the manager’s office and let me have it.
My father is no puling one-star general ordered about by his wife. He said, “You idiot. You poor, bewildered idiot.”
I have never heard my father swear. He chews gum when he’s mad and makes the muscles in his jaw stand out and right now he looked as if he could beat me up. I stood at attention and looked straight ahead.
“What are you gonna do?” he asked contemptuously. “Dishonor your uniform, humiliate your friends?” He walked around me then snorted. “Some officer!”
General Webster said, “You’ve broken your word of honor and you’re going to be court-martialed.”
Father cut in and asked, “Well, what are you gonna do?”
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