“Yes.”
“I should have held them when they were born.”
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“Yes.”
“I should have watched them walk.”
“Yes.”
“I should have heard their first words.”
I swallowed.
“Yes.”
He looked at me.
“Is it too late?”
I didn’t answer immediately.
Finally, I said:
“It’s too late to be the father you should have been.”
His eyes dropped.
“But…”
He looked up.
“It’s not too late to be their father now.”
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The next morning, the boys woke up early.
I found them downstairs with Adrian.
They were teaching him how to play a video game.
He was terrible.
Absolutely terrible.
Daniel was laughing so hard he nearly fell off the sofa.
“You’re supposed to move!”
“I am moving.”
“No, Dad!”
The word stopped everyone.
Dad.
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Adrian looked at Daniel.