your mom got pregnant,” he said, “I made her promise. I made her promise nobody would ever know. Not my mother. Not my brothers. Not you.”
“I thought if nobody knew,” he said, “then I could just be your dad. Nobody would ever look at me and think, That’s not really his kid. Nobody would ever look at you and think, That’s not really his father.” ChildSafety Locks
He met Luke’s gaze.
“I was wrong,” he said. “I know that now. I knew it a long time ago. I just
