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The line of his jaw.
The way he carried himself.
He stopped beside us and looked directly at me.
“Evan?”
“Yeah?”
His eyes briefly moved to my mother.
The color drained from her face instantly.
Then he looked back at me.
“I’m sorry to interrupt,” he said quietly. “But I need to talk to you. It’s important.”
Mom’s hand tightened around my arm.
Every instinct told me something was wrong.
Before either of us could respond, the man took a breath.
“Son,” he said, “I’m your biological father.”
For a second, I honestly thought I had misheard him.
Then I laughed.
Not because it was funny.
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