You shake your head. No. Sorry. We're not ready to officially check in. Can you just

give us a moment? Of course. Please let me know when you are ready to proceed.

The robot's little wheels make a soothing, worrying sound as it leaves. You focus on that

instead of Imani's glare. Please tell me you're not really doing this. You just can't.

It's just, it's too weird. That's really going to be your argument. It's too weird.

You ask your dad if he wants to stay here. Well, last I checked, I didn't have much of

a choice. We talked about this. You do have a choice. This is the best one. The look on

your father's face seals the deal for you. So you ask him to pack his bags so you can

take him home. You do feel bad about this. Imani put in a ton of work to find your father

a place to go. You should have read the documents. But your dad practically has a skip

in his step when he grabs his bag and that makes it feel worth it. So you take him back

to his house. A little ranch on a hill. Inside the three of you stand awkwardly in the

kitchen. Half of your dad's stuff is gone. Moved over to Vanguard estates. Imani is furious.

Okay. Now what? What's your backup plan? You don't have one. Imani found that place

for your dad for a reason. He was starting to mix the two of you up. He was confusing

the microwave and the toaster. Physically, he's pretty healthy. Going for regular walks

around town to visit his friends, you thought the move to the facility was maybe coming

too soon. But your sister thought it was silly to wait until things got really bad. Plus,

if he moved now, he'd get that pilot program deal Imani found. You'd never find another

place of that quality that you could afford, she said. Now here you are again at that

same impasse. Maybe you can both just call and visit him more? Oh, you'll do that. You

couldn't even find time to read the shit I sent you. She has a point. You fight about

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