My Father Ordered Me to Strip Off My Uniform at His Cookout

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“You were,” I said.

He looked past me toward the road. “Ray told me a while back I should quit deciding who you are based on who you were at fourteen.”

“He told you that?”

“Couple years ago.”

I almost smiled. “Sounds like him.”

Dad nodded.

Then he said, “I don’t know much about your work.”

“That was your choice.”

He took that one without fighting.

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