Ford shrugged; he was annoyed by Cash's tone but couldn't have said exactly why. "I drank," he pointed out. Cash had said this like it was some big secret, like Ford was admitting to petty crime... and admitting to loving their father was worse than petty crime if he were talking to Noble about it, but Ford felt like it shouldn't have had to.

"Lots of people love their fathers," he pointed out, defensive. "It's normal to love your father." It wasn't normal for fathers to leave their families in financial ruin, but Cash didn't know about that part — he shouldn't have been acting like this was some big gotcha moment.

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