Chapter 6 When we got home , Dad didn't unlock the car right away . Instead , he spoke again . " Did you even listen to what I said ? " " You and Layla both have senior year coming up . Focus on your studies . " " Don't come back here and turn the house upside down . " That's when I realized . He hadn't sent Mom and Layla ahead on the train because he felt sorry for me . It wasn't because he understood my attachment to those old things , or respected my decision . He just wanted a chance to lecture me . He was scared I'd disrupt their family peace . Scared I'd hurt his precious little daughter . So he had to set me straight before we got home . And I'd actually thought he might want to apologize for making me deaf ten years ago . I thought he just couldn't lose face in front of his wife and daughter , so he wanted to talk to me alone . Turns out , he just didn't want them to see how he really acted around me . He carefully maintained his image as a good husband and father in front of his wife and younger daughter . But he assumed the worst about me , lecturing me for crimes I hadn't even committed . He wasn't afraid of hurting me . He wasn't afraid I'd pull away from him - because he'd never wanted to be close to me anyway . What a joke of a father - daughter relationship between us . One cold as ice , the other pathetically delusional . 22:25