Donald casually said to his brother, as though completely unaware of the effect his words would have, “Maybe you could have kept your head in the game if you didn’t fly out to Montauk every weekend.” Freddy’s siblings knew that their father had always disapproved of what was now merely Freddy’s hobby. There was a tacit agreement that they wouldn’t talk about the planes or the boats in front of the Old Man. Fred’s reaction to Donald’s revelation proved the point when he said to Freddy, “Get rid of it.” The next week, the plane was gone. Fred made Freddy miserable, but Freddy’s need for his
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