![]() His strut was now weaker than before they stopped talking a weakness evident in his cane which supported every right step. His father wore his tweed jacket like a coat of armor. The rest leads to that Saturday morning, at The Café.īang! A car door rang out not too far from where Gerald stood. Until recently, out of the blue, “Dad” popped up on his phone. Who could wait the longest: him without a father, or his father without a son? The idea of friction in the relationship hurt like a thorn piercing his soul more and more everyday. To him it was a competition of who could wait the longest without calling or sending a text. ![]() They had had a falling out, over which he did not remember. Gerald had not spoken to his father for three years. “Dad,” he whispered under his breath, swiping the message away to once again reveal the image on his lock-screen: a hazy picture of an ultrasound. After a buzz of his phone, the message from Dad popped up: “Parking now, be there in 5.” He was waiting, intently twiddling his thumbs. Thick glasses adorned his bright blue eyes, his gaze like starlight in a clear night sky. Wearing his large, burly black coat, he stared hesitantly at his watch. It was a brisk Saturday morning when Gerald arrived at “The Café,” a hip coffee shop right down the street. I hope it serves you as well as it served me in being a father. My father gave it to me when your mother and I first found out she was pregnant with you, and I studied it and studied it, learning all the dad jokes I could and mastering book's secrets. There are many like it but this one is special. "Now I've shared with you nearly everything I know," he said, "But not this one thing. "Of course, Dad," I said, "You were all I could've asked for and I wish my son admires me even half as much as I admire you." "I hope you think I was a good enough father to deserve you." "I could never have asked for a better son," my father said, lighting the cigars and pouring the whiskey. ![]() He opened a safe and produced cigars a bottle of whiskey and a large, beautifully bound book. At a certain point during the night he pulled me aside and led me into his study, which I had never really been inside until this point. Everyone was ecstatic and my father in particular was driven to tears. ![]() To celebrate, we invited all the family and friends we could to my parents' house and then made the big announcement. ![]()
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