him the yes I should have given while he was alive.”
That answer hurt. But it made sense.
I looked toward his ear. “That’s why Lily reacted.”
Gerald covered his face briefly. “I remembered as soon as she said it.”
“She used to touch Nathaniel’s tattoo.”
“I know.”
“I’d forgotten.”
He looked sick. “When she said Daddy was there, I understood exactly what she was seeing.”
I nodded. “Thank you for telling me.”
Gerald stared at me. “That’s all?”
“For today.”
THERE WAS MORE
He walked me to my car. Just before I opened the door, he said, “Claire.”
I turned.
“There’s another thing I should tell you.”
I waited.
He looked miserable. “But I don’t know how.”
I saw something in his expression then. Something that had nothing to do with tattoos.
“Then don’t say it today.”
I got into my car. But I knew I’d come back.
Because
