my best friend look so frightened.
« Denise? » I whispered. « What does it say? »
She didn’t answer.
Instead, she sank into a chair and pressed the paper against her chest.
Nathan stood beside me, crying silently.
Finally, Denise looked up.
« It’s from Michael. »
Cole’s father.
The man who had disappeared from their lives nearly two years earlier.
Her voice trembled as she began reading aloud.
« Denise, I know I don’t deserve your forgiveness. I left because I was ashamed of what my life had become.
I thought staying away would spare you and Cole the burden of watching me fall apart. »
She stopped.
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Tears rolled down her cheeks.
« Please, » I whispered. « Keep reading. »
Denise swallowed.
« I never meant for Cole to find me. When he did, I begged him not to tell you.
I was wrong to make our son carry my secrets. »
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