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

a mug.

Dad looked at me.

“I was proud of you,” he said. “I just kept acting like pride meant you had followed my plan.”

I closed the box.

“That isn’t the same as being proud of me.”

“No,” he said. “It isn’t.”

The old version of my father would have defended himself.

This one remained standing beside the equal chairs, allowing the truth to stay where I had continue reading …