“What are you planning to do?” I asked finally.
“I don’t know,” he admitted. “She wants Caleb to meet me. She says he’s been asking about his father.”
“And you want to?”
He nodded slowly.
“I think I need to.”
I swallowed hard. “Then we’ll talk to him. Together.”
His eyes widened.
“You’d be okay with that?”
“I’m not okay,” I said honestly. “But I’m not going to punish a kid for something that isn’t his fault. He didn’t ask for any of this.
And if you’re going to be in his life, then I need to be a part of that too.”
Ethan’s eyes filled with tears. “You have no idea how much that means.”
“Don’t thank me,” I said, standing. “Just don’t ever lie to me again.”
“I won’t.
I swear.”
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