THE BATTLEFIELD OF LOVE
Part 86's. Sergie Mashkov
"Dad knows. I should've apologized to you for letting Margarita move you to Montreal. I was so busy that I didn't notice your complaints. And at that time maybe Dad was too trusting of Margaritas. The source of all this is Dad."
I'm silent. I'm sorry for you, what I didn't think was going to happen. Things that have stuck in the past have paid off with that apology.
"What's wrong, if you think about it if I was in Moscow I wouldn't be able to learn to run at a young age, maybe behind all the disasters it's good too. At least I'm not a spoiled child." My father laughed and responded to me.
"You're like your mother, always able to see the other side. I'm guilty to your mother." Remembering Mom is one thing I can't do. I can only see old video footage showing Mom holding me as a baby.
"Daddy heard from your aunt you already have a lover in Canada, your aunt said it's from an influential family in Canada."
"Name's Monica Dugard, yes I actually had a problem with them. I told you a little bit who I kidnapped." Dad's laughing now.
"Jeez, so you kidnapped the lion cub."
"True the mother came and I was ripped apart." I laugh at my misfortune now. "Luckily, I wasn't deported from Canada, the team hired by the damn CEO even killed one of his bodyguards. But well by apologizing to them a lot of things made easy including getting an auction facelitas our lab with a lighter price."
"Dad understands on the one hand you were guilty of kidnapping the Dugard family's daughter. Kidnapping a lion cub is clear you'll be ripped off by the lion's mother." Now he's the one laughing at my misfortune. It was laughable because I had already managed to recover the wound after being pounced on by the lion mother.
"Yes right." I'm still laughing.
"Bring him here. We'll catch it well. Maslenitsa is a feast day. I want to meet him too."
"certain. I was planning to introduce him to Dad. He's willing to come along."
"Mom's been happy, his son's been a big boy for a long time." Silent dad. I was silent, and my thoughts might be different. The apology this time was unexpected, but talking about it many wounds were slowly erased due to that sincere apology.
Moments later Dad talked about the past, this time he earnestly asked me if I had ever had any trouble moving to Canada.
Maybe a little late, the dark times I've been through a long time. But because he asked, I told him the first time. He listened to my honest stories, sometimes we laughed at the stories that I had to go through, even though I went through it quite difficult but now I can laugh at it.
"Dad sinned against you, never by your side. I have to thank your aunt. Maybe an apology can't erase what happened. I hope you have a way to make it up to me." His voice was heavy at the end, sorry for the time that had passed.
"It's Dad, there's nothing to forgive, I'm here now. What else to say. I've given me the same opportunity as Margarita's son, that's enough. I compete fairly, that's enough. I can go back to Moscow again with my head held high and say I managed it was enough. I'm not gonna blame you."
"Dad proud of you. You don't blame the situation, but turn it as a stepping stone forward. If you lead Moscow in the future, your mentality will not easily fall if there is a problem. That's very nice."
"I'm probably just a little lucky a lot of friends and there's an Aunt supporting me." And there's a Svetluny sent for me. Without him I can't stand up straight like this. But about that let only me know. What is clear is that I am also very happy that Dad made up for the years that have passed with this kind of heart-to-heart talk.
The conversation that flowed then felt happy. Even if it's years too late, it's a valuable redemption. Maybe first we could talk this long and closer as a son and father.
There are no regrets and unresolved wounds between us. Everything has been restored with this sorry and heartfelt talk.
The father I never had, I got today.