Nothing in Lily’s voice carried drama or warning. She asked it the same way she asked about homework or the weather. It slipped into the room as a simple fact about her day, something she assumed I already knew. That was what unsettled me most. Her innocence became a mirror, reflecting the gap between the world she lived in and the one I believed we shared. When she mentioned the “Father’s Day surprise dinner game,” I felt something inside me tilt, as if the floor had shifted. I guided her gently, asking one careful question after another, trying not to reveal how hard my heart was pounding.
Her scattered little details began to arrange themselves into a picture. She described familiar hugs, easy conversations, and quiet visits that always took place when I happened to be working late or running errands. She talked about someone who knew her favorite storybook, someone who helped her with a school project I had never heard about, someone who had been in our home. There was no hesitation in her storytelling. To her, this was already part of her world. I realized then that I was the only person still living in the incomplete version of our family.
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