“I don’t want it,” I said. “No money. I don’t want money.”
“What do you want then?”
Could I tell him? I wanted us to be the way we used to be—no speeches, no ceremonies, no money, no secret thoughts, no holding back, no holding each other at arm’s length. I walked toward him. Was I going to wait for him to make the first move? Wait and wait and wait, and wait forever? Forever polite strangers? He at one end of the table and me at the other.
“Dad.…” I put my arms around him. He felt as movable as a mountain, but I hugged him.
“What’s that for?” he said.
“I love you, Dad.”
“Well,” he said. “Well. You’ve got some way of showing it.” But he put his arm around my shoulders and he kept it there all the way back to the car.
About the Author
Harry Mazer is the author of twenty-two novels for children and young adults. Best known for his acclaimed realistic teen fiction, Mazer has been recognized with the New York Library Association’s Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature and the ALAN Award for contributions to young adult literature, as well as several best-book designations from the American Library Association, among other honors.
After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, Mazer joined the US Army Air Force, serving in World War II from 1943 to 1945 as a sergeant. He received a Purple Heart and an Air Medal after his B-17 bomber was shot down in 1945. Mazer’s wartime experiences later inspired several of his novels, including the Boy at War series.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1988 by Harry Mazer
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ISBN: 978-1-5040-0996-6
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