I woke at 2:03 a.m. to the blue pulse of my phone and a feeling like I’d been yanked out of a riptide. Eighteen missed calls from my daughter. A text I could see even before my thumb unlocked the screen: Dad, help! Come fast!! I was out the door before my mind caught up to my body—wallet, keys, still in the pajama pants I wore to fall asleep on the couch after the late game. The streets were ink-black, my headlights carving a frantic tunnel. I ran three lights I would never admit to, rehearsing catastrophes: an ambulance, a...
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