The father who had walked away gave his answer… but it came too late

— cleanly, decisively, without looking back.

But I opened it.

Inside was a single page.

The handwriting was careful, as if he’d taken his time. As if he’d written and rewritten, trying to find words that would be honest without being an excuse. As if he knew — finally, too late — that there is a difference between the two.

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