Train Me Daddy

I get up and clear the table and then I hear a familiar voice behind me, “I could do that?”

I turn around and hug him, “Neil, you came back?”

He nods, “I couldn’t stay away from this place. Do you mind if I stay for a little while?”

I push him back and say, “You really are stubborn. This is your home. I don’t care what it says on paper. You can stay here as long as you want.”

He shakes his head, “But I don’t like the way that you look at me, or the fact that you don’t trust me.”

I agree with him and say, “If you want things to change then you have to change it.”

He takes out his hand and says, “You got a deal!”

I hug him one more time and say, “You really are an old fool and I love you. And Isaac does too. He’s going to be thrilled that you’ve come back.”

He winks, “He his, he’s bringing my things into the house right now.”

I laugh as I think about the two men in my life. They’re a handful, but I feel proud because before I didn’t have any family. I had no one that really loved me and although Neil had hurt me and done things the wrong way. I knew that he loved me. He’d showed me when he handed me his home, took up a meaningless job and the pity in his eyes right now. I shouldn’t let the old man suffer, because as angry as I was in the past. It’s truly buried, and that’s the only way to move forward with a happy new beginning.