Outside, nobody saw them.
I’d asked him about the tattoos years earlier.
« I got them young, » he said. « I regret them. »
When I’d suggested removal, he claimed there was never enough money.
The explanation never quite fit, but Brad was a gentle husband and a wonderful father. I believed respecting him meant accepting the door he’d closed.
« I got them young… I regret them. »
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That afternoon, Molly fell into a puddle and kicked it wide open.
She slipped near the playground and landed hard enough to soak her dress.
« Daddy, my dress is wet. »
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