you do,” she snapped.
Dad nodded once. “You’re right to be angry.”
Her expression faltered.
People don’t say that anymore. Not in fights. Not in public.
They deny. They justify. They counterattack.
Dad just… owned it.
He took a breath.
“I can’t undo what happened,” he said. “And I’m not going to insult you by acting like twenty dollars fixes your life. But continue reading …