My Father's Best Friend, My Obsession
the newscaster began, “Richard Crawford has finally addressed the situation publicly.”
My fingers curled slightly against the edge of the table, and I didn’t move, didn’t breathe properly, didn’t look away even when I knew I probably should have, because there he was, filling the screen in a way that felt too close, too personal, standing in front of a crowd of cameras like he had done a thousand times before, composed, controlled, untouchable, and yet there was something different in his eyes that I couldn’t ignore no matter how much I wanted to.
“I want to address the situation circulating online. Some of what has been shared is true, and I take full responsibility for my personal mistakes