I think, if Declan had known that detail, it would have hurt him more than the collision did.

He loved that porch.

He loved that we were going to raise our daughter in that house.

He had made very sure, without ever telling me, that no one would be able to take it from us once he was gone.

Chapter 6 — My Father’s Confidence

To know how my father walked into my kitchen so certain of himself, you have to understand Gerald Baldwin.

My father treated his own confidence as if it were evidence.