My Father Knew Him the Second He Stepped Into Frame

“Whitaker Son Leads Lakeside to District Win.”

“Whitaker Family Celebrates Tyler’s Triple-Double.”

There were lots of those.

Then somebody found the state academic decathlon results from junior year.

My name.

First place.

No family quote attached.

Tyler Comes Into My Room

That night Tyler knocked on my bedroom door.

Actually knocked.

I almost didn’t answer because continue reading …