“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
There are questions parents should answer carefully.
“I would have come home Thursday.”
“What if my back got worse before Thursday?”
I swallowed.
“You could have called me.”
“Mom said not to.”
The guilt hit hard enough to make me nauseous.
I had spent three weeks out of every month traveling.