“If you’re watching this, then I didn’t make it long enough to explain things properly.”
I swallowed hard.
“I know Ryan’s probably angry,” he continued. “Maybe you are too. But there are things you never knew.”
He reached offscreen and pulled a folder into his lap.
“For years, I helped Ryan financially. More than you realized. Credit cards. Gambling debts. Loans he promised he’d repay.” Dad sighed. “Every time I thought he’d changed, he came back needing more.”
My chest sank.
Part of me wasn’t surprised.
Another part still wanted desperately to be.
Dad looked directly into the camera.
“But when I got sick, you stayed.”
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