Any Other Girl (2015)
“The mission began at precisely six-thirty on Monday evening, when I sat down across from him at the kitchen table as he tapped away on his laptop and ignored the grilled cheese sandwich I’d made for him.
“Time to go, Pop,” I said, rapping my knuckles against the table top.
“Hmm?” He glanced up at me without really seeing me. “Go where?”
“Harper’s first game? Soccer? The Erwin Eagles?” I pressed my finger against his laptop screen and slowly began to push it closed. “Ring a bell?”
“Oh, right.” H...e scooted his laptop closer to him and opened it back up. “Okay, just let me finish this one—”
“No. I haven’t bugged you all day, so you owe me at least a couple hours of father-daughter bonding.”
He stopped typing and looked at me for real, his forehead smoothing. “That I do,” he said, smiling as he hit SAVE and shut the laptop. He stood up, grabbed his car keys and the cold grilled cheese, and ushered me out the door.
As we crawled down the gravel road in Pop’s Volvo, I spotted Emmett up ahead of us, alone and walking toward town.MoreLess
“Time to go, Pop,” I said, rapping my knuckles against the table top.
“Hmm?” He glanced up at me without really seeing me. “Go where?”
“Harper’s first game? Soccer? The Erwin Eagles?” I pressed my finger against his laptop screen and slowly began to push it closed. “Ring a bell?”
“Oh, right.” H...e scooted his laptop closer to him and opened it back up. “Okay, just let me finish this one—”
“No. I haven’t bugged you all day, so you owe me at least a couple hours of father-daughter bonding.”
He stopped typing and looked at me for real, his forehead smoothing. “That I do,” he said, smiling as he hit SAVE and shut the laptop. He stood up, grabbed his car keys and the cold grilled cheese, and ushered me out the door.
As we crawled down the gravel road in Pop’s Volvo, I spotted Emmett up ahead of us, alone and walking toward town.MoreLess
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