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Glancing over to her as I drove, Mia just stared at ape

I sed and rubbed my chin Shit Did I overstep our boundaries?

“Do you want to knoho he is? Where he is?” I asked carefully

Mia looked out theand exhaled “I…I don’t…” She stumbled over her words

“I’ of me,” I pleaded with her “Don’t be mad”

“I just need to think right now,” Mia said plaintively continuing to look out at the road speeding by

The rest of the way hohed on me heavily I’d been such an ass to take it upon myself to find Mia’s father I sh

ould have asked

When we got ho to leave her alone, I sat at s to leave me

After only a fewher arms around me, she said, “Theo, it eet of you to look for my father”

“I just thought thata drawer on ht find out about our histories together”

She took the envelope with her name on it and put it on my desk “I have a er on the envelope It crinkled with each jab “This guy in here is just a man, a sperm donor” She pointed at the envelope with my name “Your situation is different You should learn about your parents if you want to If I didn’t know my parents at all, I’d want to know “

Unexpectedly, tears came to my eyes Mia’s lack of bitterness was incredible She really was a remarkable woman

But ent

Could knoho my parents were dull that ache?