He Told Three Different Lies So No One Would Check on My Son. Then His Own Children Found the Note on the Fridge

Chapter 3 — The Subtle Differences

When Declan took Toby fishing, Jonah would ask, every time, “Can I come too?”

“When you’re a little older, buddy,” Declan would say.

The trouble was that Toby had started going on those trips at the age Jonah is now.

I noticed.

I told myself boys were different, that Jonah wasn’t as outdoorsy, that it didn’t mean anything.

At Christmas, Declan bought roller skates for Toby and a tablet for Noelle.

For Jonah, he bought an electric shoe dryer.