Chapter 4 - The LetterTank opened the envelope beneath the clubhouse lights.
There was only one page inside.
Three words made his heart stop.
I never left you.
He read the letter twice.
Then a third time.
She hadn't abandoned him.
She had been threatened.
Someone had convinced her that Tank's life would be destroyed if she told him the truth.
Someone had watched her.
Someone had watched him.
And the lie about the pregnancy had been carefully constructed to keep them apart.
Tank looked at the girl.
“Where is your mother?”
The child lowered her eyes.
“She died.”
Everything around him seemed to disappear.
Tank closed his eyes.
Nine years.
Nine years believing she had chosen another man.
Nine years believing his unborn child had never existed.
Nine years carrying anger that belonged to somebody else.
When he opened his eyes again, something had changed.
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The old Tank was gone.
The bear inside him had finally awakened.
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