Untold Pain
Doodling on a piece of paper while my back was up against the hard surface of my dresser, I sat there listening to a story I will never forget. My father had been acting strange lately, and looking back at it all, it was as if he knew that he had cancer and that all of our lives were about to take a huge u-turn. Talking to my dad was fairly unusual, especially on the phone. He was always busy with his own life, after all it is tough to juggle several girlfriends, businesses and children. Although everyone saw him as a young man, the truth was that he was already seventy-three years old, and his birthday was coming up soon again. It was highly unusual for a man that old to have a daughter still in high school, but then again, my father hadn’t planned on getting one of his girlfriends pregnant eighteen years ago. The owner of a six bedroom, three bathroom, four car garage home, along with a few vacation houses and piles of apartments, buildings and offices, it seemed that my dad was pretty fulfilled. He never told many stories of when he was younger, and the few he did tell, he just recycled and told to the next group of people. Known for being a charismatic intellectual, not only did he have al
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Approximate Word count = 1529
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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