I did not want Michael trapped between us.
After graduation, Michael asked me one direct question.
“How much does Dad still owe?”
I told him.
Forty-six thousand, eight hundred dollars.
He sat quietly.
“Why didn’t you make him pay?”
“I tried.”
“No. Why didn’t you keep trying?”
I considered lying.
Then I remembered his speech.
“Porque cada acción coercitiva se convertía en una pelea y yo estaba cansado.”
“No deberías haber tenido que estar menos cansado que él.”
La frase sonaba como algo que podría decir un hombre mayor.
Pero