My Parents Took the $22,000 Hawaii Trip I Paid For

walking with him every morning around the apartment complex. She texted me once, two weeks later, a photo of my father in a gray tracksuit, scowling beside a pond.

Mom: He says ducks are freeloaders.

I looked at the photo for a long time.

Then I replied:

He would know.

My mother sent a laughing emoji.

Then, after a moment:

Mom: Fair.

That was new.

Tiny.

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