“How do you know that?”
“I’m on the school board’s education foundation,” I said. “I fund their robotics program.”
“Three months,” I said. “That’s what I’m offering. A place to live. Help with the debt. Help finding work. Three months to get on your feet.”
I looked at my father.
“After that,” I said, “you’re on your own. Like I was.”
My father didn’t say anything.
Ezoic
“But here’s the condition,” I said.
Ezoic
Everybody waited.
“You ask,” I said.
My father looked at me.
“From now on,” I said, “you ask. Every time. If you want to come to my house, you call first. You ask if it’s okay. You ask how long you can stay. You ask before you open a bottle of wine. You ask before you put your kids in my office.”
I looked at Melissa.
“You ask before you put on my robe,” I said.
