Forgive me if you can.
Yours, always and only,
Robert
I put the letter down on my lap.
I couldn’t see anything. The room had gone blurry.
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Daniel was sitting on the edge of the bed with his face in his hands. His shoulders were shaking.Study Anatomy
“There has only ever been you,” he said, his voice breaking. “Oh, God, Mom. Oh, God. Twelve years. I hated him for twelve years.”
I reached over and put my hand on the back of his head, the way I used to when he was small and had a fever.
“You didn’t know,” I said.
“I could have read the folder. I could have just read it.”
“You were trying to protect me.”
He looked up at me with red eyes.
“That’s what Dad said too,” he said. “Every lie was about protecting you.”
We sat there together in that small hospital room for a long time.Find Hospitals
