"You've made me worry now," he says, when I ask if this doesn't mean he is dreading publication (every child believes their version of their parents is the true version).
Like many devotees of this city's subway system, Mr. Acevedo says he is dreading the day when a new generation of sleek Japanese-made vehicles replace the oldest rail passenger cars in use in the country.
Meanwhile Ross Tucker, the eminent South African sports scientist, regrets the personalisation of hyperandrogenism, but he is "dreading the Olympics because Semenya will win and the fallout will be deeply unpleasant".
It might be because we are speaking on the phone rather than face to face, but I suspect it is also because he is dreading the inevitable question about his father's death.
Dundee United boss Jackie McNamara says he is dreading the job of having to wield the Scottish Cup final axe.
And another veteran, wing Shane Williams, 34, has already admitted he is dreading post-World Cup retirement from the international scene.
"The thing that he's dreaded most in his life is being labeled a loser.
He was dreaded and avoided".
Just divorced, he was dreading another loss.
He told me he was dreading it.
