I was still a virgin at 26, and Dad always warned me, “Stop sitting on Grandpa’s lap and be careful with him.” I never listened to him… Until one night Grandpa came to see me and asked me, “Would you sleep next to me tonight?”

“Emily, enough,” he said.

 

I laughed.

 

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“Dad, it’s Grandpa.

 

I know exactly who it is. Just be careful with him.

 

That phrase always bothered me.

 

Be careful with him?

 

Grandpa George was seventy-nine, he was kind, calm and probably the least terrifying person he knew.

 

 

Every time I asked Dad what he meant, he refused to explain it.

 

“He’s getting older. That’s it.

 

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But sometimes his expression suggested that it was not all.

 

Grandpa noticed it too.

 

One Thanksgiving, Dad saw me sitting on the arm of Grandpa’s chair, with his legs partially resting on his lap.

 

 

“Emily. Move.

 

Grandfather immediately looked away.

 

I got up angry.

 

I later confronted Dad in the kitchen.

 

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“What’s wrong with you?”