« Sarah, your father didn’t pay for this trip. I did. »
The letter was from Mark .
Liam’s father.
A man who disappeared from our lives four years ago.
I read on.
« I know that one paid trip doesn’t make up for what I did. But when Thomas told me that Liam wanted to see the ocean, I begged him to at least let me do this one thing for my son. »
I called my father immediately.
“Dad… did you know?”
It was quiet for a long time.
« Yes. »
« You lied to me. »
You would never have accepted Mark’s money.
« He has left us. »
‘I know,’ Dad said softly. ‘But he came to me a few months ago. He didn’t ask me to forgive him. He only asked about Liam.’
I got Mark’s letter out again.
« When Liam got sick, I convinced myself that I was leaving because I couldn’t bear to see him suffer like that. »
