Chapter 12 - My Father Finally Told Me Why He Stayed Away for Five Years—and I Finally Forgave HimDad and I sat on the porch.
I asked him why he had stayed away.
He told me the truth.
He believed the Meridian Group would kill us if they knew he was alive.
He watched from a distance.
He knew what school I attended.
He knew Mom's schedule.
He knew about my medical treatments.
But he never approached us.
Because he believed that protecting us meant becoming a ghost.
I cried.
“You missed everything.”
“I know.”
“My birthday.”
“I know.”
“My first science fair.”
“I know.”
“Dad…”
He cried too.
“I was wrong.”
I hugged him.
“I forgive you.”
He held me.
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
For the first time in five years, I had my father back.
Not a photograph.
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Not a recording.
My dad.
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