“Unraveling Mysteries: How Subtraction Reveals More Than Just Numbers in Paula Burke’s Compelling Narrative”
-1, the Greatest Negative Number
Another way to say subtract is “take away” and in the spring of 2016 it is time to take away Dad’s guns. Dad’s hallucinations are getting worse, a symptom of his dementia. He is increasingly paranoid that people are breaking into the house. He tells me that these intruders are jacking up the foundation a fraction of an inch each night. He shows me a crack in the ceiling as proof.
Another way to say subtract is “hold back” and Dad holds back information, letting my stepmom believe there is only one gun. He’s up to his old tricks, phrasing things vaguely. I’m onto him, and my sister knows there are more guns.
