Thirty-Three Years in the Making
His father’s wife said she’d been hearing about him for 33 years. She kept a diary of all the presents they had bought and sent, which Joe’s mother had thrown away without telling anyone. The rest of her email described the therapy sessions in which Joe’s dad had discussed seeking legal recourse to get partial custody of his son. In the end, his father decided to let Joe choose whether or not he wanted to hear his side of the story. Joe was overwhelmed, but still, he took down his father’s address.
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