My dad and I both work at the same hospital

the back of his neck.

“In twenty-five years working here,” he says, “I never expected to sit in HR explaining that I’m not having an affair with my daughter.”

“That sentence alone is terrifying,” I say.

He chuckles.

As we walk down the hallway, a couple of nurses glance at us.

One of them whispers something to the other.

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