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

Her laughter came easier.

We stopped near a small footbridge over a creek.

“I used to think leaving would fix everything,” she said.

“Did it?”

“No.”

I smiled. “That’s adulthood.”

She leaned on the railing.

“But it gave me enough room to fix some things.”

“That’s better.”

She looked at me.

“Do you ever wish none of it happened?”

I knew what she meant.

Hawaii.

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