My father doesn’t say a single word to me. He shows up with a crew of old guys and a tugboat and they yank the boat out of the tree before tossing me a ring and making me swim out to meet them on their boat. I realize it’s ridiculous, but I try to swim with one arm and keep my phone out of the river, needing to salvage at least some aspect of my life. The guys make a few comments about me being dumb as a bag of rocks, and I don’t have it in me to argue with them. ...