Chapter 25 - REBECCA’S RECORDINGOn the anniversary of Rebecca’s death, I finally opened a video she had recorded for Maya.
There were several.
Birthday messages.
Graduation.
First heartbreak.
Rebecca had planned far ahead because dying made her furious and organized.
In one she said:
Maya, your dad will try to make hard things look normal. He thinks that’s protecting people. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it means you have to ask him twice if something hurts.
I paused.
Rude.
Accurate.
Then:
Also, if he tries to downgrade an airplane seat I paid for, tell him I will haunt him.
I stared at the screen.
Then laughed so hard I had to stop the video.
She had recorded it before any airline incident.
Of course.
Maya heard me from the hallway.
“What?”
“Your mother is harassing me from beyond the grave.”
“Can I see?”
“Not that one.”
“Why?”
“Because she used a bad word.”
May you like
Rebecca had, three sentences later.
Some things still belonged to adults.
