In the weeks that followed the incident, the wall that had long divided Tito and Andy—built from years of distance, silence, and unspoken resentments—finally shattered.
Tito realized how deeply he had failed his son. And with a sincerity I had never seen in him, he vowed to do better. To show up. To listen. To be a father.
Mama cried when they reconciled—tears of relief, hope, and quiet healing. For the first time, our family felt whole.
And with that, neither Tito nor Mama objected anymore to my relationship with Andy. Their only condition was clear and simple:
Finish school first. Build your future before rushing into anything permanent.
Andy and I agreed wholeheartedly. We promised them—and ourselves—that we would wait.
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A Wedding Before a Long Journey
Before father and son fle
