Kurush And His Children: A Short Story

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Kurush has lived most of his life with his parents who wished for a freedom from Iranian culture. He's been mostly everywhere and hasn't ever stopped anywhere to long to smell the roses. When his parents grew older, he was left "stranded" in Iran, but ended up meeting the woman of his dreams. Eimear defined everything about traveling that he missed or forgotten, all because of her Irish accent. So they got married and out popped Idelle and Vahid.

Now the problem is Kurush was the reason why his children ran away from their traveling life. It no longer felt as freeing to the next generation. Kurush was angry at his children for a long time and didn't even go to their graduations or Idelle's wedding. But now Idelle is looking to rekindle what

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