‘Yeah, that sounds good.' Those four, seemingly simple words were the reason for this t*****e I was going through right now. Oh, sorry, I meant, dinner. Dinner with my dad - what could be more exciting than that? Well, let me see...everything! I stabbed at my food, making my dad turn to me. "Are you okay, honey?" There it was again; that concern in his voice, that softness in his eyes that almost softened my feelings towards him. Keyword being almost. "Don't I look okay?" I asked back. But catching Carla's meaningful stare, I sighed, adding, "I'm okay, dad." Carla seemed to relax at that, throwing me an encouraging smile before heading back into the kitchen. "So, Hawk," my dad started with a small smile. Hawk finally stopped from his concentrated effort in cutti

