No one answered. A few minutes later, my father received a phone call and stepped away from the table. The moment he
walked onto the balcony, Robert leaned toward me.
“Listen carefully. Whatever you learn tonight, don’t judge him until you’ve heard the entire story.”
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“Why? What did he do?”
Robert glanced toward my father.
“Twenty-two years ago, he made all of us promise that you would never learn about that night.”
“What night?”
“The night your mother placed the baby in his arms and told him she would never return.”
I stopped breathing.
“What are you talking about? I was told my mother died.”
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Robert’s expression changed. He seemed to realize that he had already said too much. At that moment, my father returned.
I abruptly stood up.
“My mother gave you a baby and disappeared? Has she been alive this entire time?”
