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The Half-Life of Apologies
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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.
Eli stood at the foot of the bed. "Why?" he asked. "Why did you do it?" Frank's eyes filled. "I was drunk and angry and you were small," he said. "There's no good answer. I know that." It wasn't enough. But hearing him admit it loosened something Eli had carried for twenty years.
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