She should have called him, but she did not. She should have talked to him, invited him, forgiven him, but she did not. She treated him like he was dead—but she did not understand what dead meant. She knows now because it is too late. That’s what dead means. Too late for everything. Her dad is dead, and all his ideas are dead too. All the plans they had when she was little—now they’re over. He is gone, and so his view of her is gone as well. She was smart with him. She was a climber. She was famous in his eyes—but in real life, she will not be famous, any more than he was. He is nothing now,
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