The captain went silent.
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“I always assumed he threw it away after our argument.”
But Daniel hadn’t.
He’d kept it.
Through retirement.
Through our daughter’s difficult years.
Through the ordinary life we built afterward.
He had put it in that desk drawer, where I eventually found it and handed it to the grandson he’d never met.
The captain blinked several times.
“I was angry at him for a long time.”
“He was angry with you too,” I said.
He looked surprised.
“How do you know?”
“Because that’s the only reason Daniel ever stayed quiet about someone he cared about.”
