I was chopping vegetables when my four-year-old daughter

falls like a stone.

I look at Andrew, and I see a man staring into a locked room in his own mind.

His voice is barely there.

“You gave them to me too.”

Diane says nothing.

Silence answers for her.

Andrew’s hands curl at his sides.

“I used to sleep through kindergarten pickup,” he whispers. “Dad said I was lazy. I couldn’t remember mornings. I thought—”

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