“You’re right. I’ll talk to Nathan.”
Afterward, I knocked on my son’s bedroom door.
“Can we talk?”
He was sitting on his bed.
“If it’s another lecture, I’m tired.”
“It’s about Cole.”
He stared at the floor.
“I know. I shouldn’t have made him lie.”
“You owe him an apology. And no sleepovers until we’ve rebuilt some trust.”
“I understand.”
I sat down beside him.
“There’s something I owe you an apology for too.”
Surprise flickered across his face.
“After Dad died, I thought keeping our lives normal would help us both.”
“You stopped talking about him.”
“I did.”
“Why?”
“Because every conversation reminded me he wasn’t coming home.”
He folded his hands together.
“Sometimes I forget what Dad sounded like.”
