“Plus, sometimes a fight can be the best thing for a relationship. Gets the truth out in the open.” That had happened, although why the truth always had to feel so hard to hear was beyond me. “I guess.” She returned to her computer screen, where she began the familiar hunt-peck-hunt-peck. As I shuffled down the hallway toward Dad’s office, I heard her say, “Though most people like to fight in private and usually not with meatballs.”
