“You should have told me right away,” Martha said firmly.

“You left me believing he was gone.”

“Only for four months, Momma,” Christopher said softly.

“I believed it for thirty long years, Christopher.

Four months still matters deeply.”

Christopher offered no excuses, knowing his mother was entirely correct.

A formal DNA test quickly confirmed that the elderly man was indeed Christopher’s biological father.

Thomas suffered from advanced memory loss, but moments of clarity returned unexpectedly.