GS-The turkey was still warm when he said it. I had not returned home…

radio, music emerged through the static so suddenly that I dropped the screwdriver.

I ran inside carrying it.

“Dad, listen.”

He glanced at the radio, then at the open back panel.

“You’re going to leave those parts all over the floor.”

“But I fixed it.”

He turned back toward the television.

“Just clean up when you’re done.”

At twelve, I thought I had failed continue reading …