35. Sacrifice

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*Sinclair* My father left when I was fifteen. His presence before than was fleeting. He'd disappear for weeks, sometimes months, without a word about his whereabouts. And when he came around, it only lasted for a few hours. That was how long they allowed visitors in the boarding school. His name? I never bothered to ask, never had enough curiousity to ponder on it either. Too happy that he even graced me with his presence, I would forget to ask the important questions. I'd only noticed he was truly gone when he'd stopped visiting. I'd found out some time later that he'd left me behind a fortune and a letter. I'd been more interested in the letter, having been a fool of a boy who yearned to be acknowledged by the only man he ever truly admired. But my father's letter only had one sent

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