This was it. The thing Gabe had wanted for as long as he could remember. Acknowledgment and apology from his father. But it didn’t heal him as much as he’d thought it would. There was no sense of instant satisfaction, no validation balm applied to his soul. He’d wanted to show his father he was wrong. Well, mission accomplished. And so what? Gabe had still lost nearly a decade with his father due to their anger and inability, or unwillingness, to see eye to eye. Granted, maybe Gabe had needed the distance in order to take ownership of his choices and grow up. The time apart meant he couldn’t
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