38: A Day at the Races

Kevin "Polly asleep or was she already stirring for the female shark squad day?" Dad hits me with the question before I can even climb into the passenger seat of his SUV. "She was asleep. They aren't meeting until around 9 and I didn't want to wake her." I tell him honestly. I'd kissed her cheek and left her snuggled in with my pillow. Dad wanted us to go have breakfast, just the two of us today. He's feeling sentimental since I leave to go back to school in three days. I blow out a breath as silently as possible thinking about that number again. I finally get the girl and have to leave her; story of my life with horrible timing. From the minute I was conceived..... "What's that face, Kev?" Dad's head turns my way before he focuses on the road again. "Realizing I'll be leaving in only