MY DAD ABANDONED HIS DREAMS TO RAISE ME AFTER MY MOM VANISHED – AFTER HE PASSED AWAY, A NOTE INSIDE A PLASTIC BAG CHANGED EVERYTHING

ink with my finger.

“He was waiting for her to call.”

Mr. Lewis glanced toward Dad’s empty chair. “He documented every contact.”

“Why didn’t he tell me?”

A thick envelope rested beneath the calendar.

My name was written across the front.

I lowered myself into a chair before breaking the seal.

“Daddy’s Bug,

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