"omg For three years, my daughter drew the same faceless father in every picture—until a bullet nearly killed me and forced me to finally tell her who I was.
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Chapter 25 / 30
Chapter 25 - Lily’s Masterpiece Spring arrived.
The snow disappeared.
Flowers grew along the fence.
Lily returned to her art table.
She worked for almost two hours.
When she finished, she ran to Adrian.
“Daddy!”
She held up the paper.
Adrian looked.
The picture showed the farmhouse.
The ocean.
A golden dog.
Sarah.
Lily.
And Adrian.
But this time, the man's face wasn't merely completed.
It was smiling.
Adrian stared at it.
“You finally gave me a face.”
Lily nodded.
“I know what you look like now.”
“What?”
She touched the drawing.
“You look happy.”
Adrian couldn't speak.
Sarah came behind him.
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She saw the picture.
Her eyes filled with tears.
Related Stories
Chapter 26 - The Letter That evening, Adrian found an envelope beneath the farmhouse door.
Chapter 27 - A Father’s Promise Lily began kindergarten.
Chapter 28 - The Man Without a Face Years earlier, Lily's drawings had terrified Adrian.
Chapter 29 - The Most Beautiful Picture On a warm autumn afternoon, Lily ran across the lawn.
Chapter 30 - Never Hiding Again That evening, the family sat together on the porch.
