Owen knotted and then re-knotted his son’s tie. Finally Zach swatted his hands away. “I got this, Dad. Go see what Cooper needs.” It was a polite way for Zach to tell Owen to get lost.
He left his older son’s room and went next door to Cooper’s. He wasn’t sure what he was so nervous about. Zach was going to graduate—with honors, no less. They had the cords and everything.
But Zach had told him last night that he wanted to move out over the summer. Get a job and live on his own. Owen had nodded and smiled and asked questions. Zach seemed to know what he wanted. He thought through everything privately and only came to Owen once the decision had been made.
Owen liked that and didn’t at the same time. He’d like to be more involved in helping his son make such huge life choices, but then he
