“I know everything is going to be fine, Dad. I know it.”
I saw him smile, briefly, but I was glad it wasn’t one of his half smiles. “What I did in the garage …”
“Don’t worry about it,” he said. “It was just a surprise. I’ve known you’re amazing since the day you were born, but to see what you’ve been doing, it’s just beyond words.”
“Are you scared?”
“Yes, but seeing what you’ve been doing has helped, I must admit. I know the training will help you with whatever it is that’s out there. I want to know that you can defend yourself even when I’m not there. I would have been okay with karate lessons but this is good, too,” he smiled, a twinkle in his eyes. There were moments when I caught the old dad, the joker who wouldn’t let up, who always found the fun things in life and always perked m
