Chapter 12 - Three Years After the Night Everything Changed, Dominic Heard My Son Say His First Long SentenceMarcus turned six.
We celebrated at the house.
There were balloons.
Cake.
Too many gifts.
Dominic stood beside the window.
Marcus ran toward him.
“Uncle Dom!”
Dominic turned.
Marcus hugged him.
Then he said,
“You saved Mommy, and Mommy saved you, and I saved you, so we're all family.”
Dominic's eyes filled with tears.
He crouched.
“Say that again.”
Marcus repeated it.
Dominic laughed.
Then he cried.
I had never seen him cry before.
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He hugged Marcus tightly.
And I realized that the little boy who had once been considered a burden had become the reason an entire family survived.
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