Harrison crouched carefully, giving them space. “I’m Harrison,” he said. “I know you learned something big yesterday. I’m sorry it happened that way. I didn’t know about you, but I should have listened to your mom.”
Leo studied him. “Are you our father?”
“Yes.”
“Do you want to be?”
Harrison’s voice broke. “More than I know how to explain.”
Mason whispered, “Are you going to make Mom cry?”
Harrison looked at Chloe, then back at him. “No. Not on purpose.”
For the next hour, the boys questioned him with brutal honesty. Did he have stairs? Did he eat cereal? Could he make pancakes? He listened to every question as if it mattered more than any business deal of his life.
Mason eventually sat beside him. Lucas talked loudly about dinosaurs. Leo remained cautious, watching everything.
