Seven years after our divorce, I went to my ex-wife’s house on Christmas Eve to apologize. But when she opened the door, a little boy appeared behind her with eyes that looked exactly like mine.

Luca Vance. I changed my contact numbers and left my mother responsible for the mail arriving at my old address.

Leo remained near the Christmas tree, carefully examining his cardboard star. He could not hear our quiet conversation, but Jessi closed the wooden box and asked me to leave before he noticed how upset we were.

Every part of me wanted to stay.

I wanted to sit on the floor beside my son and somehow recover seven missing years in one evening. I wanted to know his first word, his