“I was so upset that he stayed with me that day. I kept yelling at him to leave, that he had more important things to do. But he didn’t leave my side. He said—” Her breath hitched, and it was a moment before she could speak again. “He said he was right where he needed to be. The boat could wait. The lobster could wait. Everything could wait, because the most important job in the world was being my dad.”
