The Letter Had This Week’s Postmark

both hands and walked backward until she hit the cabinets.

Emma said, “Read it.”

So I did.

My girls,

If this letter reached you, then I finally did one brave thing right.

By the time you read this, you will be sixteen. I know that because I promised myself I would not contact you before then, no matter how much it hurt.

There are things your father does continue reading …