After I left my mother’s room, I didn't leave the mansion. Instead, I found a quiet spot, sat on the floor, not minding if it was dirty, and placed my father’s album on my lap. I stared down at it, my eyes burning, my bottom lip trembling, then slowly, I opened it. On the first page was a picture of both of us, and that made my breath catch in my throat.I was maybe one or two in the photo, sitting on his shoulders, and he had the biggest smile on his face, his brown eyes filled with so much light. I caressed the photo, his face, finally remembering what he looked like again.“So this is what you looked like,” I whispered, my voice thick with emotions. I tried hard not to forget his face as the years passed, but that was impossible. As I went through things and tried to push everything to the back of my mind, his face slowly slipped from my mind: his eyes, his always-wide smile.I turned to the other page, and it was once again a picture of us, and this time, I was older. I was almos
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