might be here.”
I smiled politely.
“And yet you came anyway.”
He looked away.
Guilty.
Ashamed.
Something.
Then he asked the question.
“The children?”
I almost laughed.
Not because it was funny.
Because it was predictable.
Thirty years of silence.
And suddenly curiosity.
“They’re here.”
His eyes widened.
“All of them?”
“All five.”
Daniel looked around the ballroom.
Searching.
Then the master of ceremonies stepped onto the stage.
“Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome tonight’s honorees.”
Applause filled the room.
Five people stood.
Five successful adults.
Five confident professionals.
Five individuals
