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“Mm?” I managed.
“Are you okay?”
“Fine.” I lied. “You should be sleeping.”
He shifted to roll onto his side and looked up at me in the softness of the moonlight.
“You only watch me sleep when you’re worried about something.” He pointed out. “What’s going on in your head? Are you worried about me? Because if you are—Seema is the female version of Yip Man, so, I’m okay.”
“Yip Man?”
Dillon sighed dramatically, further enforcing how uncool I’d become.
“Yip Man—the character from the Donnie Yen Series,Ip Man?”
I laughed. “Seema is the female version of Yip Man—got it.”
Dillon groaned.
“I’m your father.” I pushed some hair from his forehead and tapped him lightly on the nose with a finger. “I’ll always worry about you.”
“But why? You’ve found me protection.”
“BecauseI’m your father—that’s what I do.”
He sighed dramatically and sat up. After he reached across to turn on the light, he faced me again.
“Dad, look, I’m sorry I was weird to Seema.” His voice was small. “I don’t know what I was thinking—I just…”
“I know this isn’t easy for you.” I told him. “At this point in your life you should be out there doing things sixteen-year-old boys are doing.”
“Like what?”
I shrugged. “I don’t know. It’s been a while since I was a sixteen-year-old boy, and the world has changed so much.”
He nodded.
“I’ll be fine.” Dillon assured me. “Just—can we make sure Eli is okay too? The group home isn’t exactly the safest place, and anyone can just walk in there.”
I hadn’t thought of that.
I hadn’t thought outside of my four walls.
“When those men attacked, he protect me until Seema could get to us.” Dillon informed me. “Do you know they call her Wasp?”
I nodded.
“Do you know why?”
“She was in the military.” I replied.
“Whoa.” He was impressed. “She has a military nickname—way cool.”
I picked up his sheets and lifted them. He shimmied down until he was resting against the pillow again.
“You can apologize to her tomorrow and tell her how cool you think she is now.” I teased. “Right now, I need you to get some sleep.”
I kissed his forehead after pulling the sheets up to his shoulders.
