An Unexpected Trip
An Unexpected Trip
by L.L. Beck
It was a haunted and rainy evening in October on All Hollow’s Eve in Scotland. She has just landed in Edinburgh after a long arduous flight from Seattle. This was not a pleasure trip, although she had always had a deep desire to return to her family roots. She had received a phone call a few days earlier from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital that her long-lost father was dying from a terminal illness- Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer, an illness which he had chosen not to share with a soul until now. These hours and minutes were precious and more so as she would never have had a close relationship with him after he left her in the States. After landing in at the airport, she hailed a cab to take her to the Hospital. Her journey to see her estranged Faither was met with anxiety and mixed emotions, would he accept her visit, could he ever forgive her for being so angry with him? Angry for leaving her behind in Seattle.
