Unplanned Absence
“Mommy, when will Daddy be back?”
Bret held his father’s baseball cap in one hand and a baseball in the other.
“He won’t, sweetheart,” his mother replied, her voice heavy as she hugged him.
Bret’s face fell.
“Why?”
“He’s on a new journey, a new adventure,” she whispered, tears streaming.
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