Chapter 546

• Kiran crossed his arms on the counter and briefly closed his eyes. “I found out about Lucy when she was five–”
• “Dad, I shouldn’t have …” I began to say, but it was like he didn’t even hear me, or maybe, he just wanted to get it off his chest.
• “I didn’t tell your mother, because I didn’t want to hurt her again. I send Marissa money, and I pay for her schooling, and things like that. I see her whenever I go to Fresno, where I’m just Uncle Josh’s friend, she doesn’t know who I am to her.”