A father bumbles his way through family domesticities as he makes his way to the airport. His children do not know he is not their father at all, but a stranger with a gruesome past, hard-earned advice, and a primal longing for a stolen life.

Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by H.H. Pak, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Cyrus Rodas, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0