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Beside me, Ethan was smiling.
And in that moment I understood that, although I couldn’t erase the past, I could build the rest of my life trying to deserve the title I once rejected.
“Ready, Dad?” he asked.
—More than ever, son.
FIN — “The Son I Rejected”
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