My dad and I both work at the same hospital

around the office, clearly trying to gather the courage to say something else.

“Seeing you two hug,” she says slowly, “I think it confused me.”

“How?”

“My family… isn’t like that,” she admits quietly. “We’re not very close.”

There’s a fragile honesty in her voice now that wasn’t there earlier.

Suddenly the whole situation makes more sense.

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