I Let Them Use My Money Until They Fed My Son a Hotdog

Didn’t Know

There was one more thing.

I hadn’t planned to say it. Then my mother opened her mouth.

“You’ve embarrassed your father on his night,” she said.

I looked at her, then at Dad, then at all of them.

“No,” I said. “He embarrassed himself a long time ago.”

The table went dead.

My father stared at me.

I could feel Noah’s shoulder against my side, still continue reading …