Then, the connection shunted into place so forcefully that he felt it physically: Ken had gifted him a condominium in his retirement community. To live in! Adam felt the color drain from his face. He’d move into a nursing home over his dead body. Was this some kind of joke? Was Ken trying to humiliate him? But when Adam looked into his son’s eyes, he saw an earnest and vulnerable boy. Apparently, Ken thought this was a gift he’d want.

