A Changed Man
“If they had a dollar for every time Mom said, “Your dad will be waiting, he’ll pick you guys up at four-thirty sharp, in front of Max’s school,” he and Max could take car service into the city and save Dad the trouble. And after all that, Dad isn’t waiting.
Dad is always late. That’s what Danny tells himself to keep from thinking that he and Max will stand here all afternoon, and their father will never show up. Either Dad lost track of the time, or he was in a car wreck.
“He’s always late.” Ma...x sounds as if he’s trying not to think the same thing Danny’s trying not to think. Also Max likes saying stuff about Dad—he’s always late, he’s this, he’s that—as if Dad is still a part of their lives and Max still knows things about him. For the first year after the divorce, Dad was around a lot, but since he and Lorraine got their own apartment, he’s been gently pulling away, as if he were a Band-Aid and they were a cut that might bleed. Gently? They never see him.MoreLess
Dad is always late. That’s what Danny tells himself to keep from thinking that he and Max will stand here all afternoon, and their father will never show up. Either Dad lost track of the time, or he was in a car wreck.
“He’s always late.” Ma...x sounds as if he’s trying not to think the same thing Danny’s trying not to think. Also Max likes saying stuff about Dad—he’s always late, he’s this, he’s that—as if Dad is still a part of their lives and Max still knows things about him. For the first year after the divorce, Dad was around a lot, but since he and Lorraine got their own apartment, he’s been gently pulling away, as if he were a Band-Aid and they were a cut that might bleed. Gently? They never see him.MoreLess
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