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Eavesdropping is perfectly acceptable if your life hangs in the balance. At least, I told myself that while I stood outside my father’s office door, hovering as close as I dared get without jiggling the door.
“Sometimes it doesn’t take much. A few subtle undertones can color the way someone views the world,” he pushed. “So can cruelty. That puts things into perspective more than anything, focusing a person’s priorities and redefining loyalties.”
Nana crossed herself. “Ain’t that just the way of him? Workin’ miracles we can only guess at. Why, just last week, Paddy here took out the trash without me even havin’ to ask.” She cut her eyes wryly to her husband.
