A few minutes later, my father got a call and walked away from the table. As soon as he went out on the balcony, Robert leaned towards me.
Listen to me carefully. Whatever you discover tonight, don’t judge him until you’ve heard the whole story.
Why? What did he do?
Robert looked at my father.
Twenty-two years ago, he forced us all to promise that you would never discover what happened that night.
What night?
“The night your mother put the baby in her arms and told her she would never come back.
I stopped breathing.
“What are you talking about?” I was told my mother was dead.
Robert’s expression changed. He seemed to have realized that he had already said too much.
At that moment, my father came back.
I woke up abruptly.
“My mother gave you a baby and disappeared?” Have you been alive this time?
My father did not answer.
His silence seemed like an answer.
I grabbed my bag.
