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  “I’m going to give it my best,” I say on the tail end of a long yawn, “but I can’t make any promises this early in the morning.”

  He frowns at me, but that’s because he knows I love teasing him. And right now I’m only teasing him because I don’t want him going away. I don’t want him leaving me all alone.

  “I got you a little something for when I’m gone,” he tells me.

  It’s not hard to see how much he cares about me, how much he loves to dote on me. It’s one of my favorite things about him.

  “You did?” I ask, feigning surprise.

  “It’s in my office, on the desk. I’ll call you when the conference lets out tonight, then again before it starts back up in the morning. Keep your cell phone on, okay?”

  “Ten-four,” I tell him with pouty eyes.

  Outside, he fires up his new Dodge Challenger. It’s matte black, lowered on beefy custom rims and it’s got some pretty cool headlights, specifically the blood orange halo surrounds. With the shaker hood, the hearty rumble of the Hemi engine and glowing reddish-orange eyes, this beast has a life and personality of its own. The minute we saw it, we both fell in love with it, and that’s how Dad got his new car. Of course, with him getting a new car, I couldn’t help but ask about his old one.

  “Baby,” he said, “my old car is your new car, if you want it.”

  Hell yeah I wanted it!

  Anyway, as my dad is leaving, I wave to him one last time, then stand there in my pj’s and listen to the Detroit engine grumbling its way down Dirt Alley. I won’t lie, the sound is beyond intoxicating. The second his wheels leave the packed earth and touch asphalt, Dad gets on it and that sexy black beast tears a hole in the early morning silence.

  Had I known that was the last time I was going to see him, I would have hugged him a tad bit harder and a tad bit longer.

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