That made me laugh again.
“By the way, I noticed you staring strangely at the envelope I gave you. I asked my mother to mail it to me after your father made me leave. I kept it sealed because I wanted you to open it. That was her handwriting you saw.”
“I have another grandmother,” I breathed.
***
I called Dad that night.
I needed to hear him say it.
“I have another grandmother.”
“Happy birthday again, son,” Dad said when he answered.
“Anna was here.”
Silence.
Not “Anna who?”
Just silence.
“Is she really my mother?”
Dad exhaled.
“George…”
“Is she?”
“Yes!”
“Anna was here.”
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