“I’m a little sad.

I only knew him a little.”

“That makes sense.”

She went upstairs to get Bunny and came back with a folded picture of a hospital bed surrounded by hearts.

We mailed it to Natalie with a note in Harper’s careful handwriting: I’m glad I got to meet him.

At Arthur’s memorial, Natalie read a short letter he had dictated in his final weeks.

He acknowledged that he had treated Paige and Ryan cruelly, that he had let pride govern his behavior, and that he had missed the chance to know his daughter as an adult.