“I’m going to sleep now,” I told him. I closed my eyes and ignored him. He did not move. It was very annoying. I’d hoped he would leave. I waited a long time and then looked through my lashes. I was going to tell him to go away. Instead I asked, “Did you love my father?” He went as still as a cat. When he spoke it was with reservation. “I had a deep bond with your father. A connection I had with no one else.” “Why won’t you say you loved him?” I opened my eyes to see his face. My father had given him all his strength, and this man would not even say he had loved him? His smile was too tight,
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