Her Daddy's Eyes by Gary Parker

Author:Gary Parker [Gary E. Parker]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781441239303
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

Although Allie knew she needed to go assist Trey at the house, she found it impossible to do. After collecting every picture of her and her dad that her mom possessed, Allie took them to her apartment and spent the rest of the afternoon trying to remember Jack Wilson. Trying to remember the day he took her to the fair, as one picture showed. Trying to remember the black puppy with the white circle around his left eye that a third image conveyed. Trying to remember her fourth birthday party, as another depicted—the last one with him home.

As she examined the pictures, it seemed that a bit of memory emerged every now and again, a sliver of recall here, another one there. She tried to enlarge the memories, expand the random sensations of what she thought she’d experienced, but she found it impossible. For the most part, her past with her dad remained a blank—nothing but fog and dark.

Allie lay on her bed with the pictures around her as the sun drifted through the afternoon sky, the window open to the sound of birds chirping, and wondered if this happened with all people, if the days of their childhood—especially the earliest days—always receded into the shadows and disappeared. Or was it just her? Had she washed out these memories of her dad, scrubbed them clean from her mind so she wouldn’t have to deal with the truth of a father she no longer had, a father who had run away and left her and her mom high, dry, and alone? Is that what a little girl did to protect herself from the hurt of a father disappearing?

Why, Dad? she wondered. Where are you now? Why am I so consumed by this now, of all times?

Unable to answer her questions, Allie let the afternoon drift away. Weary from the mental strain of the past few days, she eventually closed her eyes and dozed. Dreams sifted through her slumber. Her dad in a jungle... a faceless Vietnamese woman... her dad standing at a distance, his body thin and emaciated, almost a ghost, his right hand pointing her way, the forefinger beckoning her toward him... his right arm waving her closer...

Allie saw herself as if looking down from the clouds... she wanted to go to her dad but couldn’t... something held her back... some chain, shackles... she strained against the chains and almost broke free, but... a ringing called her back... a ringing... a ringing.

Allie woke to the sound of the phone on her nightstand. Jerking up, she grabbed the phone.

“Hello?”

“Where are you?”

“Trey... uh...” She rubbed her eyes to wake up as she recognized his voice. Dark had almost fallen outside.

“Your message said you were coming to the house,” he said, his frustration obvious.

“What time is it?”

“Past seven.”

“I’m really sorry... I went to Mom’s when I got back from Knoxville, then here. I stretched out for a few minutes, fell asleep. Where are you?”

“At Toby’s Ribs. I called your cell.”

“I left it in the car.

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