"Dad...what?" She was taken aback. "10,000?" "You heard me. You are right. I have been watching and I see that you've grown. But if you really want to show me what a big girl you are. That you can handle yourself. Then you'll take the 10,000, quit the games, and we can finish what we've started. All three of us get to have you. In any way we want." Frank and John smiled, happy that I'd made my move. Sarah just looked at m...

"Dad?" "Huh?" I said, looking up from my plate at my daughter Sarah. "What's wrong? You haven't said anything in a while." She was right. We were having dinner together, which was usually the time we caught up and talked about our days, how work and school were, and so on. But tonight, I was totally in my head. "Oh, nothing, sweetie. Just work stuff." This was sort of true. I was dreading going to work tomorrow as I knew...