"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 27 / 30
Chapter 27 - A Father’s Promise Lily began kindergarten.
On her first morning, she wore a tiny blue backpack.
She stood at the door nervously.
“Daddy?”
“Yes?”
“What if nobody likes me?”
Adrian crouched.
“Then you find one person who does.”
“What if I get scared?”
“You breathe.”
“What if I fall?”
“You get back up.”
“What if I miss you?”
Adrian's eyes softened.
“You can always come home.”
Lily hugged him.
Sarah watched from the doorway.
Adrian suddenly realized the words were not only for Lily.
They were for himself too.
You can always come home.
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He had spent half his life running.
Now he finally understood the meaning of home.
