“That’s what I’m learning.”
He leaned back, rubbing the side of his jaw.
“I’ve always been protective of Daniel. Maybe too much. He’s the best thing I ever did in my life. I didn’t want him marrying someone who couldn’t stand beside him.”
“And now?”
I asked gently.
“And now,”
he said, looking directly at me,
“I realized he found someone who can stand in front of him if needed.”
That struck deeper than he knew. He hesitated, then said something I never expected to hear from him, something he might never have said if he hadn’t watched me steady a failing aircraft in midair.
“I owe you an apology.”
The words hung in the cabin like a fragile offering.
“For every dismissive word I said, for every assumption, for treating you like you were beneath us,”
he shook his head.
“You’re the kind of woman any father should be grateful to see walk into his son’s life.”
I took a breath, not to steady myself, but to allow the moment to settle.
“Thank you,”
I said softly.
He blinked a little, surprised by the simplicity of my response.
“Really? That’s it? You apologized and you meant it.”
“Yes. I got yes.”
“Then that’s enough,”
I said.
Richard leaned forward slightly, elbows on his knees.
“Can I ask one more thing? Just one.”
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