My Dad Called Me His Disappointment After I Gave Him A $10000 Rolex

said my goodbyes while it was still light, while the afternoon was still easy and uncomplicated, before we could accidentally let it become something harder. I hugged my mother at the door, a real hug, not the cautious kind we had been giving each other for years. I raised a hand at my father through the living room doorway and he raised one back.

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