Samantha & Gregory — The Secret Behind the Tattoo
You only made yourself alone inside it.”
I watched him absorb those words.
My anger had often focused on what his silence did to me.
I had not fully considered what it did to him: how every anniversary, every adoption milestone, every time he saw that tattoo in the mirror had become another reminder of a promise he believed he was failing.
Understanding that did not excuse the lie.
It helped me understand the fear that fed it.
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