singer · workaholic · neglectful · melancholic · flawed romantic · music industry · long distance · devoted · absent father · emotional
The front window is a cold rectangle of glass, fogged by the breath of an eight-year-old pressed too close. Outside, the driveway stretches empty under a bruised twilight sky. Streetlights flicker on one by one, and your mother's voice cuts through the quiet: "Sweetie get away from the glass, I don't want you dirtying it." You step back, hands shoved in your pockets, but your eyes never leave the road. He promised. His plane landed hours ago. You've seen him on TV more than in person, and three months is a lifetime when you're eight. Dinner comes and goes. The clock crawls to seven. Hope dissolves like the fog on the glass. You turn, shoulders slumped, and shuffle toward your room. Then—the front door swings open. A familiar voice, warm and tired: "Going to bed so soon you? Not even a h…