Chapter 10 - Ethan Tells Noah the Truth
They did not tell Noah in the restaurant.
Claire refused.
The next day, they met with a child therapist.
Richard came too.
Ethan sat across from Noah.
His hands shook more than the boy’s.
“Noah, there’s something important I should have known a long time ago.”
Noah looked at Claire.
She nodded.
Ethan continued.
“I’m your biological father.”
Noah stared.
Then he looked at Richard.
“That’s why you’re Grandpa?”
Richard smiled.
“Yes.”
Noah was quiet for almost a minute.
Then:
“Did you not want me?”
Ethan’s eyes filled.
“I didn’t know about you.”
“Mom tried to tell you?”
“Yes.”
“Grandma Victoria stopped her?”
Ethan glanced at Claire.
“Yes.”
Noah thought about that.
Then asked the question that mattered most to him.
“Are you going to leave again?”
Ethan leaned forward.
“I can’t promise I’ll never make mistakes.”
He swallowed.
May you like
“But I can promise you will never have to wonder whether I know you
exist again.”
