Dawn by Eldon Farrell

Author:Eldon Farrell [Farrell, Eldon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781775384434
Publisher: Ascendant Ink
Published: 2019-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

June 3

2029

Family

He looked across at his daughter strapped in the passenger seat. If any silence said more than a teenage one, he had yet to find it.

Kahale gripped the wheel tighter and let out a sigh. Traffic on the Embarcadero slowed. He glanced at Rebecca again and asked, “You have anything to say for yourself?”

She slouched in the bucket seat. Her black hair fell across her sullen eyes and she kept her gaze fixed out the window.

Traffic snarled, and they came to a stop. Kahale checked his dive watch and grimaced. Rush hour—a bad time to be on the highway. He pounded his palm against the wheel once. The only reason I’m stuck in this gridlock is because I had to find my wayward daughter on the waterfront after her school called to inform me she wasn’t there. An afternoon wasted finding her, and she has nothing to say.

He felt Rebecca’s animosity radiate off her in waves. How could this brooding teenager have been Daddy’s little girl just a few years ago? Where does the time go?

Kahale cleared his throat and said, “If you have nothing to say, little girl, I have plenty. Why weren’t you in school today?” Rebecca gave her head a shake and snorted under her breath. He raised his voice. “I’m waiting.”

She shifted up on her seat and answered, “It’s no big deal, Dad. You’re making too much of it. Everyone ditches now and again.”

Kahale lifted his eyebrows. “No big deal? The school didn’t know where you were. Your mother and I didn’t know where you were. Because of your thoughtlessness, I had to leave the base to search for you and waste an entire afternoon. You show no regard for how your actions affect those around you.”

She stared blank-faced at him. Her jaw hung open before she launched into a tirade. “Like you have so much regard for how your actions affect me. I don’t recall being asked if I wanted to come here.”

Traffic crawled forward and Kahale inched the car along. He shook his head. “I was transferred, Becca. It wasn’t a choice—the base closed after Hawaii voted for independence.”

She shot back. “We could have stayed. My friends stayed. I was born there, Dad.”

Kahale glanced at her as he kept one eye on the vehicle in front of him. “You think I don’t know that? I was born there, too, Becca. But, we’re American. I serve this country.” She glared at him and he added, “You’re not the only one who left friends on the island, but you are the only one being a pain about it.”

Rebecca looked pained, and he instantly regretted his harsh tone. “Becca,” he started, but she held her hand up and turned away. A horn sounded behind him. Kahale glanced in the rear-view mirror to see a red-faced man gesturing at him. He dismissed him and moved forward.

Kahale spoke without looking at his daughter. “That sounded harsher than I wanted it to, Becca. I know it’s been hard for you adjusting to being here.

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