“That Bank Closed in the ’80s,” My Father Scoffed—The Account Was Very Much Still There

” “Then why did you visit him twice in nine years? Why did you laugh at his passbook? Why did you call him senile?” “I didn’t know he had money.” “Exactly. You didn’t know he had money, and when you thought he had nothing, you wanted nothing to do with him. Now you find out he was rich and suddenly you’re his devoted son.”

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