My Groom Called My Father “Hired Help” at Our Wedding—Then an Army Commander Saluted Him
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Chapter 6 - Dad Saw Julian Clearly Before I Did
Three months before the wedding, Arthur asked:
“Are you happy?”
Dangerous father question.
“Yes.”
“He treats you well?”
“Yes.”
Dad nodded.
Then:
“Does he treat other people well?”
I frowned.
“What does that mean?”
“Exactly what I asked.”
I became defensive.
“He’s direct.”
“That isn’t what I asked.”
“You don’t like him.”
“I didn’t say that.”
“You don’t have to.”
Dad leaned against his kitchen counter.
Then said:
“I’ve worked for people who were polite upward and cruel downward.”
“Julian isn’t cruel.”
“Good.”
“Then I’m wrong.”
He dropped:
it.
That was another Arthur trait.
He gave information.
Then let:
you decide.
At the time, I wanted my father to say:
I approve.
He refused to perform:
approval
he did not feel.
May you like
I resented him for that.
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