For Years I Resented the Homeless Boy My Mother Fed. After Her Funeral, He Revealed the Secret She Had Kept From Me.
“Why did he give you a key?”
“He needed someone who could keep a promise without making it into a grand event.
He had been recording things for you and Daniel, whenever he felt well enough.
He asked me to keep the tapes dry, keep them safe and deliver them when you were older.”
“For both of us?”
Gabriel nodded.