I’m Still Your Brother
I did not know that the finalizing of the adoption, the very thing I thought had completed us, had lit a fuse inside him — and that two weeks later, it would reach the end of its length at my kitchen table.
Chapter 15 — The Untouched Meatloaf
Two weeks after the adoption was finalized, the whole atmosphere of the house changed, and I felt it before I understood it.
Silas came down to dinner and sat in front of a plate of meatloaf — his absolute favorite, the thing he requested on good days — and barely touched it.
He pushed it around with his fork.
He would not meet my eyes.
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