No one realizes Nick's been filling in for his alcoholic father at a steel mill hauling I-beams when his dad's too drunk or hung over to show up (which is all too often), and which also keeps Nick busy at night fishing his embittered father out of bars – to be carried home across town because they don't have a working car.
No one realizes that Nick has been taking over his alcoholic father's job at the steel mill hauling I-beams when Dad is too drunk or hungover (which happens often), and which also keeps Nick busy at night helping his resentful father escape bars – only to be carried home across town because they don't have a working car.