Daddy's Demands
I stand resilient in the endless flashing of cameras.
“Good luck,” I tell him graciously, then rethink it. Maybe this is like theater, where wishing someone good luck is bad luck. “Break a leg. Or a dick.” Gah, that doesn’t sound right.
“There’s more,” he says after a pause, during which I berate myself for being the most awkward person ever. “We have some rules.”
“Rules. Like… no rebounds?”
“Rules for you.”
I sit up straighter, not sure what to say.