I asked with a child like curiosity
“You see, Avery. This is our dirty little secret” dad said, and paused for a while as if battling with his inner self.
“Dad, go on..”
“We lost Kenneth in a beach while you and your mom were on vacation”.
“Avery, we did all we could to find him. We searched for Kenneth for years, all to no avail”
“Dad, why didn't you tell me?” I asked
“When we gave birth to you, I and your mom decided not to talk about it again”
“Oh my god! dad”
“I have not always been a perfect dad, Avery” dad said, with tears trickling down his well defined jaw line
“This was supposed to be an opportunity to ease the burden of guilt I have been carrying all these years, with my new born. But I guess, life just wants me to keep carrying it”
My heart ached so bad. Who would ha
