“Dad… My Back Hurts So Bad I Can’t Sleep. Mom Told Me Not to Tell You.” I Had Just Walked In From a Business Trip

“Sorry.”

I knelt.

“You do not need to avoid that word forever.”

She looked at me.

“Still want my show back.”

“No.”

Normal argument restored.

PART 38 — SARAH LOSES FRIENDS

Some abandoned her.

Others stayed.