When I Was Four, My Mother Left Me Alone in a Church—Twenty Years Later She Returned Crying, “We Need You”

That mattered.

We remained distant.

No dramatic reconciliation.

No revenge.

Distance can be a complete relationship decision.

PART 67 — LEO AND ME

Building a relationship with Leo was complicated.

He was my brother.

Also a stranger.

Also the father of the child whose illness brought him back.