For Years I Resented the Homeless Boy My Mother Fed. After Her Funeral, He Revealed the Secret She Had Kept From Me.
I gave Gabriel a slice, then served myself an equal piece.
He glanced at his plate and smiled.
“Your mother used to insist I take the bigger one.”
“That’s because she never asked me how I felt about it.”
“Fair enough.”
We laughed softly.
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