“I've been trained not to think of myself as a father.”

  (Small Fry Chapter 1)



            Declan
grinned like an idiot – a tearful idiot – but an idiot nonetheless.

            “Since
you said ‘daughters’ and not ‘daughter’, it means I’m let out of the doghouse
sometime.” He tried to joke.

            “Lucky
me.”  I said flatly, as I turned back
towards the window.

            Just
then he laughed loudly as he leant on the kitchen sink.