“Good. I hope to meet you the next time the circus is in town. It’ll be nice to see you again too, kid,” Hector said, his voice softening. I read between the lines to all the words he wasn’t saying. “I miss you too,” I said, and he broke out in a toothy smile. “We’ll definitely make sure to visit you the next time we’re in town. You and Coal can really get to know each other then, isn’t that right?” I said. The thought of the two most important men in my life meeting had me giddy with excitement. Then the image of these two stoic men awkwardly staring at each other, trying to make conversation
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