No Longing for the Past, No Fear of the Future

On my twentieth birthday, my father made my mother take the fall for a bribery case at a university, all to protect his adopted daughter. My mother was sentenced to a full eight years. Eight years later, my father tracked me down at the bar. "I can't reach your mother. Kathy's gotten herself in trouble again. Get your mother to help out one more time." "It's not like your mother's some university professor anymore anyway. What difference does a few more years in prison make?"