What My Dad Whispered To My First Love

Quick illness. Barely time to process. It hit hard. I never got to ask him directly what he said to Tom. But I didn’t need to anymore. I finally understood it.

And funny enough, so did Tom.

A few months after the wedding, I messaged him again. Not for closure—I’d already had that—but because I was curious. He replied, and this time, he opened up.

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