Reaching out to Gerald Michael Day wasn’t what Cainan wanted, but it was necessary. Jasmin was right, this was his opportunity to know why the man left his family and never look back until now.

As a child, Cainan had a lot of questions about his father and his whereabouts. Ada did her best to provide and care for him as much as she could, but that never stopped him from asking those questions he couldn’t answer.

As he grew up, he had the fear of becoming just like his father and, someday, abandoning those he loved. That never happened, rather it became the other way around instead.

Cainan sat...