Chapter 25 - ARTHUR ASKED THE QUESTION HE FEARED MOST“Do you still think of me as your father?”
Julian was twenty-four.
They were fishing.
Badly.
Julian stared at him.
“What kind of question is that?”
Arthur looked embarrassed.
“A real one.”
Julian thought.
“Yes.”
Arthur exhaled.
Then Julian added:
“But you’re not the father I thought you were.”
Arthur nodded.
Fair.
“You stopped looking.”
“Yes.”
“You trusted them over your instincts.”
“Yes.”
“You missed things before I disappeared.”
“Yes.”
Then:
“But you came through the wall.”
Arthur’s eyes filled.
Julian looked away.
“I guess that counts for something.”
It counted for a lot.
May you like
Not everything.
Enough to keep building.
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