Blue Eyed Man

Chapter 32

    We are given tracking devices before we leave. I drag Miles back down to the tattoo parlor. I have a special tattoo that I plan to get. We walk in, and Tori just shakes her head and laughs.

    "Back for more?" she asks. I nod my head. I walk over to the book containing the tattoo I want. It's my dad's book for tattoos. It's his designs. I point to the one I want, and Tori smiles.

    "I should've known," she says. With that, she sits me down in her chair and begins.

    It takes about an hour to finish the tattoo. She wraps my right forearm and gives me tattoo ointment. We pay our credits and leave.

    We walk out of the tattoo parlor to find my dad. He looks at me and then looks at my arm.

    "What exactly are we up to?" He asks curiously.

    "See for yourself," I respond as I nod my towards my forearm. He lifts the bandage and gasps. It reveals a maze tattoo. It is the same maze tattoo that is on his right forearm. I see his eyes begin to water. I think he's actually going to cry. He lifts me off the ground and just hugs me. His arms are wrapped around my waist and mine around his neck. My head rests on his shoulders.

    "Like father, like daughter," I whisper in his ear.

    He says nothing. He just lays his head on my shoulder. He's still crying. I can tell this meant a lot to him.