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At my dad’s retirement dinner, he raised his glass…

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was doing, he said he was just catching up on paperwork.

I didn’t push. Jaime had always been private about work, but I noticed things. The way his phone buzzed at odd hours. The way he’d step outside to take certain calls. The way he’d come home some evenings and just hold me without saying anything, like he was carrying something heavy he couldn’t continue reading …

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