Simon found the connection too late to know his brother as a grown man.

He found Leo in time to care about him, visit him, and begin protecting what could be protected.

He did not have enough time to do everything.

He did not tell me enough while he could.

I could say both things at the grave without turning either into the only truth.

“You should have told me,” I said.

The words sounded quieter outdoors than they had sounded in my kitchen.

“I would have been angry.