No one taught him that.

No one told him to care how he looked walking into that office.

He worked it out himself, the way he had worked all of it out himself, alone, and the sheer competent seriousness of that safety pin said more about the person my son was becoming than anything else I learned that day.” Sal’s voice thickened, and he looked down at Caleb with an expression of profound respect.

“That’s when I finally got the whole story out of him.