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-Chapter Thirty Three-
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"Mom?"
My mother looks up at me.
"Do you think Dad was a good man?"
She sets down the cup of tea and stares at me quizzically.
"Why are you asking me this?"
It is because of everything Ramon told me yesterday. I still can't believe that dad was such a heartless and cold man. He was the completely different in my eyes. I saw him as this sweet and gentle man who loved me dearly. He was my hero to say the least. He loved me. He cared for me. He made sure I got everything I ever wanted when I wanted. He spoiled me with a bundle of expensive gifts every chance he got. He was nothing close to the picture Ramon had painted of him. I got to hear of a side of dad I never knew before...
I am even second guessing if there's any tint of truth to the account of events he revealed.
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