Mom and Dad stayed in Lendora for another two weeks. They came by my office every day, but this time, they kept their distance.Whenever it rained, Dad waited across the street under an umbrella. More than once, he looked like he wanted to come over when he saw me laughing with my coworkers, but he always stopped himself.They finally understood that making things right didn't mean forcing their way back into my life. Just because they finally cared didn't mean I had to let them back in.Mom left more than a dozen letters for me at the front desk, each one filled with little things she had failed to notice before.She wrote that after going home and looking through the family albums, she realized there wasn't a single photo of me alone after high school.I had always been the one behind the camera, taking pictures of her, Dad, and Whitney.Mom never asked me to forgive her. She just kept writing the same words over and over."Erin, I'm sorry."Dad quit his job and started thera
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