“That’s got to be exhausting,” Kinnick said after Bethany briefly lost phone service near Onion Creek, the phone dropping to her lap. “I hope you know that you don’t have to put up with his crazy talk.” Bethany didn’t say anything, just looked out her window and waited for the phone to come back into service again. Then, before she took another call, she answered her father, her voice remaining steady and unruffled. “You know what’s exhausting?” And, not waiting for an answer: “Your constant disappointment in me.”
