Ásta Ólafs

“She’d purposely stayed away from her mother during this time. She’d feared what her mother might expect from her. But now, she had the reverse problem. Hazel found she expected something from her father. Particularly given the fact that he was all she had going at the moment. She wanted an increased profundity in manner, maybe. When were they going to have tearful all-night talks where he spoke of his numerous regrets in parenting her, and begged her forgiveness? When was he going to wax poetic about what a celebration her existence, despite her failed marriage and current lack of employment, ignited daily within his heart. When was he going to bequeath her diamonds of wisdom, gleamed from a near full term lifespan.”
― Alissa Nutting, Made for Love