Mark nodded even though she couldn't see. He'd suddenly lost any desire to talk, and his plans for a perfect day washed away with the stream. The memories. They never let him go, not even for a half hour. They always had to rush back in, bringing all the horror.
But I couldn__ block out the sound of his voice. __ayden wasn__ the son I expected to have,_ he said. ____ imagined playing catch in the yard, watching football on the weekends, going fishing. The things I__ done with my dad; the things I do with Ryan. It was the only kind of relationship I knew how to have with a son._ His voice cracked. __ut my second son didn__ enjoy any of those things. He loved music and video games and computers. I didn__ know how to talk to him. And now I__l spend the rest of my life wishing I__ learned how._ He lowered his head, as if he were trying to hide the fact that he was crying.
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But I couldn__ block out the sound of his voice. __ayden wasn__ the son I expected to have,_ he said. ____ imagined playing catch in the yard, watching football on the weekends, going fishing. The things I__ done with my dad; the things I do with Ryan. It was the only kind of relationship I knew how to have with a son._ His voice cracked. __ut my second son didn__ enjoy any of those things. He loved music and video games and computers. I didn__ know how to talk to him. And now I__l spend the rest of my life wishing I__ learned how._ He lowered his head, as if he were trying to hide the fact that he was crying.
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