“Thanks for agreeing to walk and talk, Dad. I know you aren’t big on this kind of stuff, so I appreciate it.” Phil just shrugged, so Rachel added, “This is really hard for me.” “What’s so hard? Just spit it out.” “I’m afraid what I want to say to you is going to hurt your feelings, and I don’t want to do that,” she said. “I’m also afraid that if I don’t say this to you, it’s going to hurt our relationship.”
