On My Birthday I Stood In Front Of Everyone With A Black Eye

and heavy. He finally understood. The godlike father he had tried and failed to emulate was a man, a fallible man who had made a terrible mistake out of love. The pressure Daniel had been living under was a cage of his own making.

“He did that… for us?” Daniel choked out.

“He did it for you, and for me,” I said. “He spent his whole life trying to be continue reading …