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when he sees me.
    “Princess, it’s so good to see you,” he muffles into my hair while I wrap my arms tightly around his chubby frame. I love my dad, I admit I am a daddy’s girl and proud of it. He pulls me back to get a good look at me.
    “Wow princess have you grown?”
    I laugh cheerfully. “No dad I’m twenty two, I think I missed that train long ago.”
    Teasing me he pulls me in for another hug while mom ushers us into the kitchen. The table is set for royalty. She must see my apprehension and pulls out a chair for me.
    “Sit honey; please it’s been so long since we’ve seen you.” I oblige and she serves up a few cut sandwiches and pours me a glass of juice. Dad takes double the amount he should being on meds for diabetes but my mom ignores it and smiles at me uncomfortably.
    Oh no here it comes. “So honey, where is Harper?” Nope, his name still tears a hole right through me. I pick at my lunch suddenly not very hungry and look out the window. Why can’t life be simple?
    There is a long awkward silence before I confess. “Harper and I broke up mom. He broke up with me a day before we were scheduled to come visit. He said he didn’t love me anymore and judging by the way he broke up with me, he hadn’t for a long while. He couldn’t see a future with me because I had no life goals. He told me to go back home and forget what we had. I exchanged my ticket to a one way trip and I am officially back for good.”
    That was the first time I repeated aloud Harper’s actual words to me. God it still hurt like he only had said it seconds ago. My parent’s faces are one of shock and disbelief. Yeah join the club!
    All of a sudden my dad’s face tightens. Uh oh! “How dare that sonofabitch! How dare he!”
    “Calm down Paul,” my mother coos.
    “I most certainly will not calm down Maggie. How dare he speak to our daughter that way. I will fly myself over to Singapore and teach him a thing or two about life goals.” Now I see where I get my temper from. Mom soothes a hand over dads’ clenched fist, while I sigh. Harper is like a disease, and I am infected with his sickness; and now so are my parents.
    “So honey, are you coming back home?” Mom asks hopefully. I haven’t even thought about that. What am I going to do?
    “I’m not sure mom; I’m staying with V at the moment until I decide what to do.”
    “You will return to CIA won’t you? You must. You just dropped out when your grades were exceptional and your teachers were singing your praises. You were top of your class then you just left… to become an office worker.” This is my life, according to my mom.
    “It wasn’t that simple mom.”
    “You were going places honey. I just know you would have become a world famous chef with your dishes.”
    “You don’t know that mom. You weren’t in my classes to make such a statement,” I reply pissed.
    “That’s true honey but your father and I saw and tasted the dishes you created. Your creativity and your interest to try new recipes made you unique and special. Unlike other parents who can’t appreciate their child’s chosen career path whilst learning, your father and I were lucky enough to actually see what you were creating. And that’s what you were doing Ava, you weren’t just cooking, it was an art for you.”
    I sigh because my mother is right. I loved creating dishes that were different. They were my work of art on a plate. It was my way of expressing myself through food.
    I feel like I am suffocating with all this deep talk. Dad sees my mood change and clutches my hand. “Whatever YOU decide princess we will support you. We have your old car in the garage; you take that, stay with Veronica for a while and see what happens. Culinary school isn’t going anywhere. You take a breather and decide what is best for you.” I love my dad, he understands me.
    My mother however does not look impressed with my fathers’ comment but doesn’t say a word. Wow another awkward