to keep the family home. Daniel wanted to use part of it to move away and start a business. They argued. Things were said that neither of them could take back.”
“That’s all?” I asked. “They had an argument, so they never spoke again?”
“No,” my father said quietly. “It was worse than that.”
He explained that Daniel had left home after the argument.
For several months, the brothers exchanged letters. Thomas wanted Daniel to return, but he was too proud to apologize properly. Daniel, who had always been stubborn,
