Hey there, it's Nick.
Today we have something a little different, a story told in three parts in collaboration with our friends at the podcast.
Everything is stories.
All the names have been changed to preserve anonymity.
I remember, holy shit, I haven't thought about this in ages.
I was at my dad's when my parents were separated.
I was at my dad's house rooting through stuff in his bedroom because I was being nosy.
And I'm in this like little walk in closet, and in his closet I had found this like box, a black box, sort of like what you would find, you know, really fancy dresses in.
And I opened it up and there was all these tiny little black pouches in it.
And I opened one of the pouches out and, you know, like shook it out and it was, this is gonna sound so crazy, but it was like emeralds and I jewels, tons of black little pouches and, you know, maybe six or seven in each pouch.
And the ones that I remember most clear was emeralds.
So I put it back and no big deal.
And, you know, a couple of weeks later, my dad had given me a ring that had an emerald in it and it was gold.
And I remember he had to put tooth floss or something around it because it wouldn't fit me.
And I felt so proud because it was the first jewelry my dad had ever given me, like real jewelry that was on like a little heart or hello Kitty.
And so I remember being nine or ten and for about a year or so thinking, okay, my dad's a jeweler, maybe he imports emeralds from Columbia, you know, and sells them to jewelry places here.
And I really couldn't tell you at that time what my parents in for work.
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I'm Nick van der Kolk.
Today's episode, la Retirada, part one.