so angry about, the one I’d called disrespectful — was the exact thing Dad had been praying his son would be brave enough to make. Eric wearing red to that funeral wasn’t disrespect. It was the answer to a question our father had died hoping he’d say yes to.
And sewn into the lining, along with the letter, were the documents: Dad had left Eric something specific, separate from the rest of the estate. Not more than me — I want to be clear, the estate was split evenly, and I’d never