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The Half-Life of Apologies
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Dana decided to find the son before she promised Frank anything. The old paperwork gave a name: Eli Mooney, now thirty-one, living two towns over. On her day off she drove there and knocked on his door, not sure what she'd even say.
Eli opened the door. When Dana said the name Frank Mooney, his face went flat and cold. "He's dying," she said. Eli laughed once, with no humor in it. "Good," he said. "Is that all?" But he didn't close the door.
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"He wants to see you," Dana said. "He says he wants to apologize." Eli leaned on the doorframe. "An apology has a half-life," he said. "It gets weaker every year you wait. His ran out a long time ago." Still, he asked which hospice.
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