“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

“Lily has.”

“Mostly.”

Anna handed me coffee.

“Then stop pretending your collapse helps her.”

Siblings are wonderful because they can communicate compassion through insult.

PART 23 — I START THERAPY

Of course.

Eventually everyone sends the father to therapy.

Dr.

Miriam Hale.