My father had never mentioned renting property there, and I couldn’t imagine what he needed a key for when he spent his evenings exhausted in front of the television.

“What place?” I asked.

“You’ll understand when you see it.”

“Could you please stop doing that?” The words came out more sharply than I intended.

“I’m tired of people deciding when I get to know things about my own family.”

Frank took the criticism without flinching.