And my father simply sat beside us, smiling.
At one point, I walked over to him.
“Dad, why did you scare me like that? Why did you lock the door?”
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He lowered his head in embarrassment.
“I foolishly thought I needed to explain everything to you first, so your mother wouldn’t overhear and be overwhelmed. But I was so nervous that I handled everything wrong. Forgive me. I never should have locked that door.”
I hugged him.
“Just promise me one thing. No more secrets like this.”
He kissed my forehead.
“I promise.”
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The next morning, my mother suggested taking a new family photograph.
We stood in the garden, in the exact same place where my father and I had taken our graduation picture the day before.
Except this time, there were four people in the photograph.
My father.
My mother.
Me.
And my newly discovered twin sister.
