Chapter 6 - DANIEL LEARNED THE TRUTHI wanted to wait.
Daniel refused.
“Dad, my daughter was hurt because of something about me.”
He had a right to know.
So I told him.
Everything.
The separation.
Margaret’s affair.
Adrian.
The letters.
My choice not to test.
Daniel sat silently for a long time.
Then asked:
“You’ve known for thirty-two years?”
“I knew there was doubt.”
“You had evidence.”
“Yes.”
“And you said nothing.”
“Yes.”
He stood.
I expected anger.
He gave me something worse.
Disappointment.
“You let me build my whole identity on something you weren’t sure was true.”
I swallowed.
“I thought it didn’t matter.”
“It mattered to me.”
He was right.
I had made the same mistake Margaret made in another form.
I decided truth was too dangerous.
Then called secrecy protection.
I said:
“I’m sorry.”
He looked away.
“Are you my father?”
I answered immediately.
“Yes.”
He shook his head.
“That’s not what I meant.”
I knew.
Biology.
“I don’t know.”
That was the truth.
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Daniel cried.
So did I.
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