I Let My Father Hear From My Lawyer Before He Heard From Me

Just once. It had no humor in it.

“From what? The truth? Screenshots?”

He flinched.

Good again. I wasn’t proud of that. Still true.

He said, “What do you need from me right now?”

An apology would’ve been easier to answer.

Instead I said, “I need you to stop acting like conflict is worse than cruelty.”

He sat there with that.

Then he nodded.

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