“You want to go in there and be a father in the loud way.

I understand it.

Every man I have ever advised has wanted to.

“Be a father in the boring way.

Get the child, and get out, and win the next three years instead of the next four minutes.”

Part Six: Four Minutes

I went in at eight minutes past twelve.

The steel door was not locked, which surprised me, and I have thought since that it says something about how safe all three of them felt.