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

about the house they had recently remodeled.

“We opened up the whole first floor,” he said. “Took the wall down ourselves.”

Dad nodded with visible approval.

“Now that’s real work.”

Cole smiled and lifted his glass.

I looked down at my plate.

The words were ordinary enough that no one else reacted. That was how things worked in our family. Dad rarely addressed continue reading …