Between Pride and Desire

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achel's complete lack of concern for what happened to her sister. How could someone be so selfish as to not feel the desire to be b

ife—the fact that Graham's support was doing her good was evident and comforting. Although I still harbored a degree of mistrust towards this man, given everythi

oncluded that the best course of action was to set aside the feelings she had stirred in me from the first moment I saw her. I no longer believed in

er was staying. After greeting the receptionist, whom I already knew from previ

e theater of falsehood to which I was about t

excited to see me enter. “I was starting to t

hugging me as if he were genuinely pleased to see his son. Howe

, as he finally releases me, all of them in their

ar the usual complaints about the health issues of the elderly. It was a topic that generated a lot of discussion, and this w

ne by one, the attendees began to leave, citing random reaso

nses, he always found a way to throw unpleasant comments about me. A

He asks something I already expected to happen. “Didn

t seemed erratic within my chest. Why I allowed this man to h

I prefer not to answer his quest

the heart of the matter

inted, as always when h

trying to navigate the situation.

ermons. “You should think about starting a family, not pleasing the m

specially when that person is your father, but I tried not to let my annoyance show in the situation.

is to win another championship and become a four-time champion

acks, son," he says, surprising me. "I want

ause that's exactly what he had just done. And he knows how driven

t of the question, Dad," I say, using a defi

ren; maybe one of them w

l the absurd things he had ever

re proud of me,"

ven though he repeated it to everyone in the nursing

when you only care about cars and not a

erred not to prolong the visit any further. I stood up to leave as quickl

visit I had ever made to my father. "I'm planning to return to

ou come to visit, you will h

I agreed, opting f

ven get up from the chair. He just waved to me, and I didn't