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

screen until the final ring.

Then I answered.

“Hello.”

For several seconds, all I heard was the faint hum of the auto shop.

“Liv,” he said.

“Dad.”

“I read the paper.”

“I heard.”

He cleared his throat.

“That robot company of yours has gotten pretty big.”

“It has.”

Another pause.

“I didn’t understand it.”

“No.”

“I thought I did.”

“That was usually the problem.”

He exhaled continue reading …