The front desk buzzed me: “Your parents are downstairs. They say it’s urgent.”
I was floored. They’d never once visited me in all the years I’d lived there.
I went down to meet them. Mom, Dad, and of course, Eric—standing like a united front.
Mom crossed her arms, tears in her eyes. “Jacob, please. We’re a family.”
Dad tried to look authoritative. “You’re being selfish.”
Eric? He just stood there looking bored, like it was beneath him to even be involved.
I Finally Spoke My Truth
I let them talk.
And then I said what I should have said years ago.
“No. You made your choices. You gave everything to Eric. So let him take care of you now.”
Mom gasped. “We thought you’d understand.”
Then I turned and walked back inside.
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