YOU SAID:
Seventeen years later and my dad still isn't back from the store...
INTO JAPANESE
17年経っても父はまだ店から戻ってこない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father has not returned from the store even after 17 years
INTO JAPANESE
私の父は17年経っても店から戻ってこない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father does not come back from the store even after 17 years
INTO JAPANESE
私の父は17年経っても店から戻ってこない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father does not come back from the store even after 17 years
That didn't even make that much sense in English.