What My Dad Whispered To My First Love

She’ll thank you later.’”

And I did. Just not in the way I thought I would.

I ended up going to college a few months after that trip. I threw myself into my classes, worked part-time at a bookstore, and slowly forgot about Tom. Or so I thought. Every now and then, I’d remember that trip by the lake and wonder what would’ve happened if Dad hadn’t stepped continue reading …