JONATHAN For the first time, Jay, my son, breaks down, crying on the stairs facing the garden. He has always been strong, a pillar, yet he’s the opposite tonight. The silence is the first thing that hits me, a heavy, unnatural blanket. Then, the sound starts, not a shout, but a thick, choked gasp, a sound that seems to claw its way out of his chest. His broad shoulders begin to shake.He brings his hands up, clenching them into fists, white-knuckled and tight, and jams the heels of his palms into his eyes, as if trying to physically push the tears back in. The tears, however, are winning. He is completely undone, and the sight of his raw, exposed grief is like a punch to your own stomach.“Jay, my son.” I call his name, step down the two stairs, and sit next to him on the third.“Is this about Aria?” My arm wrapped around his broad, trembling shoulders. He inhales a deep breath before facing me.“I-It's hurting, Father.”He sobs in pain, the pain I can never understand, but somewhat
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