But not to me.

I began to shake violently.

I sprinted to my vanity drawer, pulled out a tarnished gold locket I had kept locked away for two decades, and snapped it open in front of his face.

Inside sat a faded photograph.

A handsome young man was smiling brightly, his arms wrapped around a ten-year-old girl.

“This man was my father,” I sobbed, tears blurring my vision.