“What?”
“Tonight.”
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“You could have handled the hospital alone.”
“You could have called your sister.”
“You could have called someone else.”
“You didn’t need me.”
“So why did you make me stay?”
I thought for a moment.
“Because I wanted you to be the person who stays.”
He looked at me.
“Not just any father?”
“You.”
“Why?”
I looked toward June.
“You were there when she was born.”
“You held her.”
“You cried.”
“That version of you was real.”
He nodded.
“And I married that man.”
“June deserves that man too.”
“Not only during the beautiful moments.”
“During nights like last night.”
“I want to be that person.”
“I know.”
“How?”
“Because you stayed.”
“You made me.”
“Yes.”
“But your mother was right there.”
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“You still could have walked out.”
He looked down.
“I stopped wanting to.”
