True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.
And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried.
He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment.
"Which one is that?" I asked her.
"Do not bullshit thy father," she said.
The pain of not knowing what to do was exceeded only by that of knowing what I had done.