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That's not something that we did.
So Pete knows something's up.
He has no idea what.
They go outside, get in the ball hill.
Pete asks his dad.
Shouldn't we get Will, my younger brother, because he was at home.
He was probably 13 or 14.
And my dad just shook his head.
No.
This drive, for Pete, alone with his dad, turned out to be kind of a big moment in his life.
Before the drive, if he had to describe his family, it wasn't hard.
He could do it in two words.
Completely mundane.
I mean, we lived outside of DC.
My parents worked for the government.
I mean, they were good parents.
They were kind and attentive, and we would have dinner every night.
My dad would cook dinner.