Chapter 9 - LEARNING TO BE A FAMILY AGAINFreedom didn't magically repair us.
David and I had to learn how to talk.
How to argue.
How to trust.
How to raise a child who remembered his father as a stranger.
Some days were beautiful.
Others were painfully difficult.
One night, Logan asked:
“Daddy, why did you leave?”
David looked at him.
“I was trying to keep you safe.”
“Did it work?”
David's eyes filled.
“No.”
Logan thought for a moment.
“Then don't leave again.”
David hugged him.
“I won't.”
I stood in the doorway.
For the first time, I believed him.
Alessandro eventually returned to his business.
Before leaving Baltimore, he gave Logan a small gift.
A new stuffed bear.
Logan smiled.
“What's his name?”
Alessandro thought.
“Captain Two.”
Logan laughed.
“Because Captain One saved Daddy?”
Alessandro looked at me.
“No.”
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He smiled.
“Because Captain One saved all of us.”
