"Needed some air." His dad hobbled over to a stool and sat down with a grunt. He watched Michael struggle with the mower deck. "You know, I used to hate this thing. Every Saturday, three hours of my life gone."
"Just watching the birds, Mr. Henderson," Michael said, offering a polite smile.
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His art portfolio sat in the corner of his room, untouched.
They sat at the kitchen table, his mother crying, his father beaming with a pride that had nothing to do with sports. "Needed some air
Michael Jr. was just "Little Mike." The quiet one. The artist.
Michael wanted to scream that he wasn't ready. He wanted to say that he had a portfolio due for an art scholarship in three weeks. He wanted to say that he didn't know how to be "The Tank." He only knew how to be himself. Every Saturday, three hours of my life gone
Michael came home from school to find his father sitting at the kitchen table, the lights off. That was the first sign. The second was the silence. Usually, his dad was in the living room watching sports news or out in the garage fixing something. To see him sitting still, staring at a cup of cold coffee, was unsettling.