Together, they explained that a man from some old photographs wanted to meet them.
Leo reacted first.
“Why now?”
Elena chose not to soften the truth into a fairy tale.
“Because adults sometimes make very bad mistakes.”
Leo frowned.
“Did he?”
“Yes.”
She nodded.
“A very big one.”
Their first meeting happened in a public park beside the Charles River.
Alex arrived twenty minutes early.
He brought only a soccer ball after asking Elena beforehand whether a gift would be appropriate.
The four children stood together and stared at him
