I ran home. Night had fallen. Only the lantern in the kitchen was on.
Everyone had gone out, but Father was sitting at the table staring vacantly at the wall, chin in hand, elbow on the table.
“Father.” “What, son?” There wasn’t a trace of resentment in his voice.
Where’ve you been all day?I showed him my shoeshine box.
Then I set it on the floor and pulled the package out of my pocket. “Look, Father, I bought you something nice.”
He smiled, understanding how much it had cost. “Do you like it? It was the nicest one they had.”
He opened the packet and took a whiff of the cigarettes, smiling, but unable to say anything.
“Smoke one, Father.” I went to the stove to get a match.
I struck it and held it close to the cigarette in his mouth. I stepped back to watch him take his first drag.
And something began to well up in me. I threw the burnt match on the floor, feeling that I was bursting.
Erupting on the inside. That enormous pain that had been threatening to erupt all day.
I looked at Father. His unshaven face, his eyes. “Father... Father...” was all I could say before tears and sobs got the better of my voice.
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