Chapter 12 - My Father Returned to the Tailor Shop That Had Once Hidden the Black Ledger, and We Finally Burned the Last Secret TogetherThe old shop still stood.
My father reopened it.
We gathered.
Noah.
My mother.
James.
Our children.
The final copy of the ledger was inside a metal box.
We burned it.
My father watched.
“It's over.”
I nodded.
“Yes.”
“No more secrets.”
“No.”
He looked at Noah.
“Take care of her.”
Noah smiled.
“Always.”
My father laughed.
“I know.”
The fire turned the last pages to ash.
May you like
I watched.
It felt like breathing for the first time.
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