But then I thought, No! I’m his kid. He wouldn’t do that… would he?
I looked around at everything we had – the big house, the white carpet, the antiques and artwork and stuff that was everywhere.
Would they have given up all the stuff to make my life more pleasant?
I doubted it, and man, I doubted it big-time. I’d have been an embarrassment. Something to try to forget about.
How things looked had always been a biggie to my parents. Especially to my dad.
Very quietly my granddad said, “You can’t dwell on what might have been, Bryce.”
Then, like he could read my mind, he added, “And it’s not fair to condemn him for something he hasn’t done.”
I nodded and tried to get a grip, but I wasn’t doing a very good job of it.
Then he said, “By the way, I appreciated your comment before.”
“What?” I asked, but my throat was feeling all pinched and swollen.
“About your grandmother. How did you know that?” I shook my head and said, “Juli told me.”
“Oh? You spoke with her, then?” “Yeah. Actually, I apologized to her.”
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