Chapter 2
Items were missing from the cabin, none of which belonged to me. My father’s clothes were gone, his Bass shoes, a pair of Timberland boots, a number of his paperback novels, crossword puzzle books, and his fishing equipment. I noticed that most of his prized sunflower collection was gone, toted away—somewhere. I didn’t see his coffee mug at the cabin, nor his wine glasses. His Canon EOS-5 camera had vanished, along with his sunglasses and wristwatch. Boxes of his belongings had simply become misplaced. So many things removed. And once they were gone, it was like he no longer existed at the cabin. My father had never lived there. Never. It was like he didn’t own it anymore; it was no longer his refuge.
There was a second home he found away from the cabin along the lake. He had a
