Actually, Mike hadn’t called a single time in three years.
I kept reading the card.
“The day I left, I became convinced that I had simply been afraid. But the truth is much worse. I was selfish and weak.
I thought if I walked away, I wouldn’t have to see her suffer. I didn’t understand that, by abandoning her, I was adding another kind of pain to everything she was already enduring.
I kept myself informed about Emily’s treatment through your father. For a long time, George refused to even talk to me. And he had every right to do it.
When I heard about Emily’s wish, I begged her to let me do at least one good thing for her.
I paid for the plane tickets, the hotel, the nurse’s expenses and everything else. But I asked them not to mention my name because I knew you would never accept the money.”
I immediately called my father.
He responded to the first tone.
“Did you know?” I asked without even greeting him.
There was a long silence on the other side of the line.
