A Thanksgiving Confrontation With My Father Led To A Decision That Changed Everything

days. We are all losing something.”

Alyssa began crying harder. This time it looked less practiced. “You want to destroy me.”

“No. I want you to stop being protected from the cost of being you.”

My father stared at the table. His hands, usually so steady, were clasped tightly enough to whiten the knuckles. “I didn’t know she forged it,” he said.

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