1. Your dad waited for you at the bus stop.
2. You spotted him a block away, but decided to get off anyway. You ran in the opposite direction. He ran after you. Much quicker, he caught up to you and tackled you from behind. You wrestled on the ground for a bit. Him: punching your stomach. You: biting his ear, spitting, yelling -- all at the same time.
3. You pushed yourself away and got up. He did too. "What are you doing here?" you asked. "I thought you were dead." You noticed a single cloud in the sky. "Your mother has cancer," he said. "It's time for you to come home." The cloud circled his head like a halo. "We are home," you said. You started walking away, but he grabbed your shoulder and pulled you back. "I'm tired of your games," he said.
4. "Come with me," you said. He followed you up two steep hills. The cloud came too. "We should have taken the bus," he said.
5. "We're almost there."
6. When you reached the cemetery it was his turn to run. And the cloud, which, it turned out, wasn't a cloud after all, chased him.
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