I was never going to learn to mind my own business. Not even when it meant preventing hurting the people I loved the most in the world. I should have listened to Dad when he tried to reason with me all the way to his truck while I marched him to the door.

"This is terrible timing," he said. "It's not going to go well, Fee. Let me find the right time to tell her, please."

I should have stayed out of it, let him sort out how he was going to do the big reveal ...